Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I said to our first group of witnesses, I would like to sincerely thank each of you for taking the time to appear. It's important for members of Parliament, and particularly for this committee, to get outside of Ottawa and to hear from key stakeholders, many of whom have been involved as partners in discussions with respect to CETA. It's important for us to hear your responses and perhaps see early moves to take advantage of this agreement.
I'll try to ask each of you a couple questions.
First, Mr. Surette, I appreciate your comments and particularly the wider participation of the seafood and processing industries in getting to a good agreement with CETA. You talked about some of the highest tariff rates to hit this industry particularly. Even given its proximity to Europe and our high-value and world-class food industry, it couldn't really break that market with the tariff rates. For frozen lobster it is as high as 16%, and for cooked shrimp it's at 20%. It's hard to compete with those tariff rates right off the top.
Have you heard talk from the processors, the packers, or the fishermen themselves about putting in place the infrastructure to take advantage of what could be a new volume to be sent to Europe?