I will do so with great pleasure. As you know, there are currently agreements being negotiated, and it would be important for us, the Committee on Heritage, to be apprised of the status of those negotiations. For instance, as far as the free-trade agreement with the European Union goes, we must make absolutely certain that the terms of the treaty on cultural diversity that Canada promoted and signed will be upheld.
Therefore, I think it's extremely important to meet with the Minister of International Trade and his representatives so that they can update us on how the negotiations are going.
The same goes for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA. Negotiations surrounding this agreement have long been considered secret. According to the department's website, a draft version was released on October 2. I would like to understand the department's position on the issue.
It seems to me that if we could have a one-hour meeting on the free-trade agreement with the European Union—we could have other witnesses in attendance—and another one-hour meeting on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA, we could get a much better idea of the progress of the negotiations involved in these international agreements.