Mr. John Murphy:

Absolutely, and while I will invite Mr. Monks to cover this issue in a bit more detail, I mentioned earlier the need for having both offensive and defensive strategies and we are acutely aware of some of the issues raised by the Deputy. We must protect access to markets while also avoiding some difficult issues that could arise in the context of hormones and various other matters. We must make sure that we get the right balance.

The Department and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine would be involved and would be consulted on those issues. That would have featured in the Canada agreement that was recently concluded. Mr. Monks might like to talk in a little more detail about how we deal with those issues.