I come from a rural riding, an agricultural riding in Essex in southwestern Ontario, and it's not only about the heritage of the farms but also about food sovereignty and being able to have access. If those farms disappear, we won't have access to local dairy products and local milk anymore in our communities, and that's something that Canadians hold very dear. We take this very seriously.
Monsieur Groleau, you brought us a message of caution today on things we're not doing well at this particular point. We're entering into an agreement of this magnitude without having those things basically stable in terms of the Canadian government being lax on imports. R and D is down. The SMEs aren't able to access.... These are things we hear from many presenters to this committee.
How are we positioning ourselves to enter into an agreement that we are not prepared to be players in?
I just wonder if you can expand your thoughts a bit on where we could see ourselves. You mentioned other countries, I think the U.S. and Japan, that are very well positioned to be able to do these things. You know, we could end up losing greater market share than we have under the current agreements that we have.