Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Maynard and Mr. Finlayson, for being with us today. Welcome to the trade committee.
Mr. Maynard, I'll start with you and pick up on something you talked about, which is something I think we all agree on. Increasing trade opportunities for Canadian exporters is not just a question of signing an agreement. There's a lot of infrastructure that goes around that to fully take advantage of those agreements. You mentioned, I think, something very important, which is making sure that Canada has trade commission officers abroad to provide on-the-ground support for Canadian businesses that want to access those markets. The other side of that coin is to have effective Canadian trade offices here in Canada, particularly for our SME sector, so they have a resource they can go to if they have questions or are interested in accessing a certain market in Europe, and somewhere they can get information.
Do you feel that exists now, that we in Canada have sufficient resources to support our small and medium enterprises to learn about those export opportunities?