Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our presenters.
There were some interesting comments that I'd like to pick up on.
Ms. Ecker, you were talking about market access as being a very important item for the industries you represent. You talked about lowering taxes, and I think that's where this government is obviously heading. One thing that I would ask of you is that your association representatives would push the members of Parliament to pass this budget bill that we're debating in the House right now, because we're not going to get these tax cuts in that people need and that Canadians are expecting if we don't get this done by the end of the year. So I ask that of you.
I also would ask you this. Going back to the market access issue, what role have you played in WTO negotiations? Market access with financial instruments in the international market is critical. We've hit an impasse at the WTO. Have you played a role in that?