Welcome to the 38th meeting of the Standing Committee on International Trade. We're continuing our discussion of Canada-South America trade relations, with particular reference to Canada and Colombia.
Today we're pleased to have as a witness, from the Proceso de Comunidades Negras, Carlos Rosero, who is a member of their national coordination team. We also have, from the University of the Andes in Bogota, Faculty of Economics, Professor and Researcher Daniel Mejía.
Thank you both for coming. I think this will be an interesting session. As we continue our review of Canada-Colombia relations, much of the discussion has centred on a potential free trade agreement with Colombia. We will begin right away. We're going to ask each of our witnesses to give an opening statement of ten minutes or less.
It's my understanding that Mr. Rosero will be presenting in Spanish, so let's get our earphones on and go to channel 3.
Mr. Rosero.