Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting us to speak to the members of the committee about our point of view on the agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom, and also on the agreement Canada signed with the European Union a few years ago.
In Canada, one out of every eight jobs is in the farming and agri-food sector. It's the largest employer. It's the leading primary sector in our economy and, as a result of food processing, also the top manufacturing sector. We're talking here about $112 billion per year in revenue and exports worth $60 billion per year, ranking Canada among the top 10 countries around the world.
It is an essential and a priority sector, as we have seen during the pandemic. The big issue was food security. In Quebec, there are approximately 128,000 jobs in this sector.