Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Again, thank you to our witnesses and our most recent witness, Mr. Wilson.
I want to pick up on the conversation around the TPP and hear from Mr. Wilson and then maybe from Mr. Dade and Mr. Robertson after that.
It seems to me what you're saying here—and I think it's complemented by Mr. Dade—is that when three countries are looking at how to cooperate with regard to markets and standards, that's doable, and it's been done, and improvements are needed. But as we've talked about recently, when you have a table that's much bigger, then it's a bigger challenge. I guess what I'm hearing from both of our witnesses on this is that we need to consolidate a North American agenda for TPP. If that's the case, when would that be done? I assume that would have to have been started yesterday. Also, what are some of the areas in which you can see us working towards a similar approach? Finally, is it possible? This sounds good, but we are also competing with each other as much as we want to cooperate.
I guess my question to our witnesses is whether they see it as being possible and in what areas they would see having a collective North American agenda going into the TPP or as part of the TPP. I'm asking Mr. Wilson, certainly as a former finance minister and a diplomat, and then Mr. Dade and Mr. Robertson.