Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for being here and for all the work you are doing on this issue, which is beyond complicated, to be frank.
Deputy Minister, although she didn't elaborate on it, I believe my colleague was criticizing the government for not going ahead and signing a free trade agreement with China, which in her view would have made getting over the current impasse that Canada finds itself in—the current challenges—easier. How long do free trade agreements take to negotiate, especially when thinking about a country like China?