Mr. Chair, there is no question that in negotiations what one country is trying to find is a way to take advantage of the others.
We want to make sure that when we have two models, those institutions are not put at risk. The Canadian Wheat Board is one, through orderly marketing; supply management is the other, through the kind of supply system matching supply to meet effective demand.
The fact of the matter is that what is worrying to us is that realized net farm income derived from the international marketplace has been in a negative position for many years. We need to ensure that we get those numbers out of the red and into the black in any negotiation going forward.