Mr. Chair, I have a quick question and comment. I am well aware of our counterparts in the U.S. having been to the Far East on a regular, constant basis, negotiating almost daily, working hard to try to get some contracts going and open the borders. I am also quite aware that the Japanese test every animal. Yet if testing every animal is the answer to opening the borders, then I am wondering why Canada has not opened the border to Japan. That was closed off and today it remains closed.
If our American counterparts are there lobbying hard to try for these markets, let me ask the member, where are his government's people? Why are they not over there? Why are we not on the site? Why are we not fighting hard for these markets the same way they are? Instead we stay at home and talk about what we have to do, but there is no action.
Could the member explain to me why his government has not sent a lobby group, along with our friends to the south, to the Far East on a regular basis constantly since this crisis began to work hard at getting some deals going? Why not?