These programs, as I think my colleagues explained, from a food processing perspective, are very important because we have a capacity to process products in Canada. It's a very important sector. In fact, in terms of jobs, it's one of the main contributors to the labour market in the manufacturing sector. In that regard, having access to competitively priced input in order to be present in the international market is very important. In fact, all countries generally have programs similar to the duty relief program or the import for re-export program, IREP, managed by Global Affairs Canada. The attachment of the food processing sector to these programs is very strong. I think that if they are used within their means, i.e., to import competitively priced input for re-export and not just for use as input in the domestic market, I think you will find the producers to be supportive of these programs. But they are very important, from a food processing sector perspective.
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