Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for coming. We appreciate it very much.
Mr. Robertson, a couple of weeks ago we had Thomas d'Aquino here, who's the head of our consulate chief executives. He's been around for a long time. We talked about some of the dislocation that takes place between Canada and the U.S. as far as trade, business, and corporate things go. I asked him what main things could be done to help us round off the rough edges of that to facilitate things more quickly. I was surprised when his first answer was a strengthened public service in Canada. He also talked about a strengthened diplomatic service in Canada for Canada and U.S. relations.
I'd like to know if you agree with that assessment. Because of your own rich experience in this area, how would you suggest we do that?