Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your presentations. It's good to reacquaint myself with a number of you I have met over the years.
A six-generation farm, Mary, that's fantastic. Keep it going another six; certainly, the ability is there. There's a hungry world, and of course, they all want more Canada. They recognize the great job you do as farmers, and that our processors do in delivering that good, safe quality food product.
Non-tariff trade barriers are always a huge impediment to the stability and predictability of trade corridors. There's been a lot of fuss made that only six chapters of the TPP speak to tariffs, and then there are a lot of other chapters that would fall under that line of non-tariff trade barriers. There are chapters on standards for food safety, so that what's coming into Canada is done at the same standard as ours, not coming in with lesser quality. We began that work a number of years ago, with the beyond the border initiative with the U.S., which made back and forth inputs, veterinary drugs and so on, so much more affordable and accessible in a timely way.
Then, of course, there are labour and environmental standards to make sure that other countries rise to Canadian standards, but not bring us to theirs. It's a very comprehensive trade agreement. Yes, there is give-and-take for the farm sector.
My question for you would be on the point you made. In the U.S. right now with the campaign going on, there's a lot of rhetoric. If the U.S. doesn't ratify it, should Canada continue to push to be a part of the other 11 countries in the TPP?