I call the meeting to order.
I want to thank our committee and the witnesses for being here. Our minister is here, the Minister of International Trade. We're pleased to have you here, Minister.
We're starting our study on CETA, the Canada-European Union comprehensive economic and trade agreement. It's historic and very important to Canada. We're excited as a committee to get into this study.
Steve Verheul, you've done phenomenal work on this.
We want to congratulate both of you on your outstanding work. You have your team of people with you.
We'll start with opening remarks. I yield the floor to the minister.