My colleague, Ms. Smith, made comments relating to the difficulties quantifying the economic impacts of a bilateral tax convention. I think it's generally perceived that having bilateral tax conventions between two nations improves the atmosphere for trade and breaks down barriers to trade, but it is quite difficult, if not impossible, from international experience, to precisely quantify the economic effect of a particular bilateral agreement.
We do have some information, which from an earlier question I understand was included in a briefing note, setting out the details of the Canada-Madagascar economic relationship for the years 2013 to 2017 and providing some idea of the trade between the two countries. Vegetable and mineral products dominate imports in Canada from Madagascar, and the largest category of items exported to Madagascar from Canada is machinery, mechanical and electronic products.
That brings me back to a point we discussed earlier. It is very much a bilateral agreement, so while I may have been guilty of making comments regarding Canadian investment in Madagascar, it is bilateral in nature. There's trade going both ways and benefit in both directions.