Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Granatstein and Mr. Douglas.
First Mr. Douglas, I would like to congratulate you for providing us with the document in Canada's two official languages, English and French. That is a sign that you very much appreciate when you come from Quebec.
My question is for you, Mr. Douglas, and we don't have that much time.
First of all, I was quite surprised when you said in your remarks that there is a lack of awareness and understanding in your country of the importance of Canada to America's current and future economic prosperity. Going a little bit further, you said that the Canadian consulate in Buffalo is mostly working very well with your association, but it's quite difficult with Washington.
Because we are looking at the border, and your last comment was about the border between our two countries, as a co-chairman of the Canadian-American corridor council, can you tell me if this council reaches from the east to the west, from the eastern provinces to the province of B.C.?
Were you consulted by both countries on the issue of border security? It seems that every time we meet our counterparts, the congressmen in the United States, they are all talking about how they are scared of anything coming from Canada because of the long border.