Thank you very much.
Hello to the members of the committee and thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
To begin, I have a question for the Canadian Pork Council.
During the CETA negotiations, Canada obviously had difficulty anticipating the European non-tariff barriers on pork exports. And yet, those were not Canada's first free trade negotiations. Canada has an open economy.
First of all, why was Canada not able to anticipate the impact of those trade barriers?
Secondly, in the negotiations with the UK, do you think Canada is at risk of making the same mistakes and that it is trying to move forward too quickly?