Thank you.
Thank you all very much for your presentations.
I'm going to ask my questions quickly because I want you to have as much time to respond as possible.
I represent a riding, New Brunswick Southwest, which is rich in blueberries, fisheries, aquaculture, sardines, and forestry. From working and talking with many of the companies, I know that they have diversified their markets and hedged some of their bets, like Mr. Hoffman. In your business you have operations in the U.S. as well as in Canada. In the times when trade has gotten really tight and regulations have been more rigid than some companies can manage to be profitable in, they've shifted some of their production to the United States. We've heard that across the country with forestry, certainly with aquaculture and fisheries, and now with blueberries.
I'll go with the panel. Let's take the position that the Canadian government does not ratify TPP. How does that look to all of you when you consider the blueberry industry, fisheries, aquaculture, sardines, and forestry?
We've heard from witnesses who have said one dollar in export is the equivalent of nine in return for services. Let's work with that and how we could best work that through, because we have not made a decision as a government on ratifying that agreement.