What's important for us in the trade agreement is to make sure that the three pillars of supply management are maintained. What's key in this case we're discussing today is import controls are fully maintained. We already provide lots of access, as was mentioned in the dairy presentation. We are a significant importer and contrary to the perception, we're not a closed market. Last year 240 million kilograms of chicken were imported into Canada, so that's a huge volume. We're the 17th largest importer in the world, with 35 million people. We are a significant importer, but we want to make sure we maintain what we have to supply the domestic market so we don't get erosion of our production and our market. It's important that import controls be fully maintained so we don't lose what we have.
On September 20th, 2016. See this statement in context.