We're hearing that over and over again.
Mr. Simard, I want to ask you a question.
You talked about quotas. Interestingly, with this new agreement, I think it's the first agreement in Canadian history where we were trying to get more free trade and we ended up with an agreement where there were more restrictions and less ability for free trade.
We've had different opinions come to the committee about quotas. It seems some of the bigger players are saying to let's just do that. Let's do quotas because several countries have completed deals with the United States that include quotas. We're getting other opinions on how quotas really restrict the ability to grow and restrict the ability to attract new investment, because you're now limiting growth. It's capped.
We had a witness last week who basically said we could have a deal tomorrow if we accepted these quotas, and I'm worried that there's been some type of understanding with the current government and the American administration that eventually we're going that way. It seems the longer we wait, there's going to be less and less market for us to access.
Would you be able to give us your opinion whether you see any advantage to having a quota system in place on steel and aluminum to get rid of 232s? What advice would you give to the committee on that topic?