Yes, I have.
But that's an easy answer, and it's an easy answer because we're a protein provider, if you like. Nobody in the world is going to starve to death tomorrow if we don't export any of our seafood protein from Atlantic Canada. That's not to say that the European market isn't a hugely important market for us. It's a white-tablecloth restaurant market. Much of what we produce in the seafood sector in Atlantic Canada is destined for a white-tablecloth restaurant market, and probably the most developed in the world is the European white-tablecloth restaurant industry.
Our competition is not another lobster company in France or Scotland or Norway; it's other proteins. It's providing an attractive product, if you like, for the restaurant community. It's not just about tariffs. When we first went to Europe in the mid-1970s, we were subject to tariffs and we were able to build a successful business. The issue in those days was about figuring out logistics.
My point is that it's not any single barrier or any single point that is going to all of a sudden be the difference between having a market and not having a market. It's a component. That's why I'm not here saying this is the greatest thing since sliced bread and we're all celebrating in the streets.
Will it be helpful to our industry? Yes. Will it create some more jobs? Yes, it will. Is this good for Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada, and is it good for the country? I happen to believe it is.
I have a fair degree of intimacy with the agreement. I have not read the whole document, but I remember that the free trade agreement in 1988 turned out to be 900-and-some-odd pages, and I'm not sure that many folks actually read it.