Thank you very much.
Mr. Tétrault, I share your passion for manufacturing. I have been an auto worker for 20 years down in southwestern Ontario, so I know what we have to offer to Canadians and how unfortunate it has been that under the previous government there was no manufacturing policy. No attention at all went to resources.
I think we are sitting here talking about all of these missed opportunities because there are gaps that exist. We have heard of many programs, and there is a deep irony in talking about having government export education and mentoring programs, innovation policy, agricultural policy, and manufacturing policy, because if we do any of this, in signing the TPP we could find ourselves being sued under ISDS provisions for being protectionist.
If we try to improve the way we access these markets, we could in fact end up not having access to those markets and paying taxpayer money in great sums, up in the billions now, to multinational corporations that are saying they are losing potential in our markets.
To me, this is a huge imbalance in where we are focusing. We have to look at how we can improve what we already have and more forward.
My question will be for Ms. Labonté and Mr. Leblanc. If we don't fix the import issues that we currently have in the poultry industry—you talked about spent fowl, and there are broiler chickens—if these controls are not put in place and we open up our markets further, what position could we potentially be in? If we don't fix this before we sign such an agreement, how could your industry further suffer when these new countries have access to our market?