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“For the question of specific sectors, whenever we enter negotiations as we’ve done in the past with other countries, as we’re doing right now with Europe, we always say that all matters are on the table,” Harper said. “But of course Canada will seek to defend and promote our specific interests in every single sector of the economy.” Boscariol said there’s no question that other countries, particularly New Zealand and the U.S.,sacs louis vuitton will be targeting Canada’s “supply management” system of quotas. “Whether or not it’s in their rules, certainly it’s been made clear to Canada ‘you’re going to have to liberalize agriculture.’ This is going to be the number one issue in the negotiations for Canada,” said Boscariol. Without the supply management system, Canada’s entire poultry industry would be at risk of collapse, said Mike Dungate, executive director of the Chicken Farmers of Canada. “It would exist as a shadow of what it is. . . . What you would see is a whole lot of farmers going out of business,” said Dungate, who argued consumers wouldn’t see any cost savings from potentially-cheaper imported chicken as a result. Instead, the savings would be eaten up by retailers and poultry processors eager to boost their own bottom lines, he suggested. Dungate, however, is optimistic that Canada’s track record of protecting its supply management industries in trade agreements won’t change, as is Yves Leduc, director of international trade at the Dairy Farmers of Canada. “Canada has negotiated 10 or 12 free trade agreements over the last 20 years, and all of them have excluded the supply management sector,” said Leduc, who also dismissed suggestions Canadian consumers are paying too much for milk and cheese. “I think Canadian consumers pay a fair price for their dairy products. Don’t go and compare it to lower prices in countries where the dairy industry is heavily subsidized,” said Leduc, referring to both the U.S. and Europe. Queen’s University professor Robert Wolfe says even if Canada does get into the TPP, it likely wouldn’t be at the expense of our dairy and poultry industries. “Anything you put in there that changes supply management in a meaningful way would open up the Americans’ own agricultural industries in a way that they don’t want,” said Wolfe, adding that the U.S. likely doesn’t even want Canada or Japan to join. The U.S. has already entered into negotiations to join, while both Canada and Japan have expressed formal interest.