That's very good, very innovative of you. I love your story.
I'm hoping that the EU agreement might address your organics standardization issue. As you know, 28 countries with 23 different languages have to ratify it and it's still going to take another 18 months to two years. We don't know for sure, but we're working on that to try to help give Canada that economic advantage over the United States. It would be a potential market of 500 million plus people.
One of the issues we've been having is to try to educate small businesses. We have the Go Global export workshops. I don't know if you're familiar with them or not. There's one in Nanaimo on April 24, so afterwards you can talk with my colleague here, and we can try to set up one for you and Mr. Stebbins, who is on the island as well, I believe.
It provides an opportunity for SMEs to take advantage of the international opportunities and answer those questions. Kelowna—Lake Country in the Okanagan has a BDC office. I know the manager well and he loves to hear these stories and is frustrated if there's a roadblock. I know they're happy to try to facilitate. There's always that balance of due diligence versus ensuring that it's not too bureaucratic or full of red tape, and we're trying to overcome that. That's one thing we definitely want to focus on and ensure that you are aware of those opportunities.
Mr. Hodgson, you talked about the pre-screening and I'm not sure if you're aware of the Go Global export workshops. You talked about the value of the trade commissioner service; we know that the TCS...I just put one of my constituents in touch with one in Vancouver the other day and had great conversations.
I just wanted to clarify. You're saying that we should be focusing on the value chains and the SMEs with the most potential. What do you think BDC and EDC can do better to help reach out to those SMEs that have a potential for growth?