Thank you, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to you industry representatives for coming.
Starting with the Forest Products Association, as a B.C. member, CETA is of close concern to my constituency. On Tuesday we had some witnesses talk to us about how the CETA will increase trade with the European Union as well as with other parts of the world as Canadian companies integrate into multinationals and their supply chains. We will have Canadian companies innovating, sending some sub-component to a European company that then exports that product to Africa, Asia, and the rest of the world. I thought this was a very innovative way of thinking about trade, not to just as one geographic area but as a stopping point to other destinations.
I'm just wondering, from both of your perspectives, how your industries look at this potential opportunity, not just as a market to Europe but as a stopping point to the rest of the world.