Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), our study is called “Towards the Next North American Leaders' Summit”. We will get started.
I want to thank all of our witnesses for taking time out of their busy schedules to be here today. I'm going to introduce the witnesses and then we'll start with our opening testimony.
We have His Excellency Francisco Suarez Davila, ambassador of the United Mexican States to Canada. Welcome, sir. We're glad to have you here, Ambassador.
We have Mr. Miller, Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He looks after policy, innovation, and competitiveness. Welcome Eric. We're glad to have you here and to see you again.
We have John Dillon, who is the vice president, policy and corporate counsel, also with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Welcome to you, Mr. Dillon.
We have Mr. David Jacobson, who is the vice-chairman for BMO Financial Group. It is great to have you here today, sir.
Joining us from Washington, as an individual, is Laura Dawson, who is director of the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center. Ms. Dawson, it's great to see you here again as well.
Ambassador, I believe you're going to be here for only an hour. We're going to do the testimony for everybody—each person has seven minutes—and then we'll go back and forth. As you need to slip out, you—