Thank you.
The visit by His Majesty King Abdullah II to Canada almost five years ago was really what precipitated the opportunity we now have to do this deal.
I want to remind everyone here about what we mean by a free trade agreement: it's a rules-based system that we put in place to eliminate barriers to business opportunities between us. It's rather interesting that the U.S. has been there 10 years. We're way behind in that. For us as Canadians, if we don't understand that we're behind our great neighbour, who is also our competitor when we try to do business with you, it's a challenge.
You already have that free trade deal with the United States. I think I understand why we would want to do it with Jordan, but please help me understand why you want to do this so badly with Canada.