Our position is very clear. Import TRQs should be allocated to processors. I'll explain why. The why is that we can offer a product to consumers that is complementary to our Canadian offering, instead of offering consumers a product to replace a Canadian product.
This is why we've been so insistent to the government to allocate those TRQs to the processing communities, because we're the ones who have skin in the game. We're the ones who have the plants that will reduce their own domestic production because of imports. If we have the opportunity to import with the TRQs, we will minimize the impact on our plants, our labour and the economic impact on the Canadian dairy industry. This is what we are aiming for.
There's no rationale for the government to issue import TRQs to our customers. We continue and we are engaged in the consultation process that is in place right now, and we'll continue to push for that because this is just business common sense.