Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of International Trade.
Yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food told the House that the Japanese consider the beef markets of Canada and the United States to be a single integrated North American marketplace. The Japanese obviously understand what we have known all along: the Canadian and American beef and cattle industries are far ahead of the government's ability to regulate them.
If the Japanese get it, why has the government failed to convince the Americans that the industry is integrated and that the border closure hurts both countries?