It's difficult. When CIDA and Foreign Affairs were fused, I worked for the Canadian Council for International Cooperation. A lot of people were opposed to the fusion. We felt that it depended on the end purpose of this fusion. If the purpose of these three entities was to pursue Canada's commercial interests, that fusion did not seem like a good idea to us. However, if their goal was to pursue development objectives, that was another story.
I know that it is still new. It has only been a few years since the three services were brought together. I know it is difficult to mix commercial interests and development objectives. I don't have any specific suggestions to make about that. However, we would like to ensure that the signature of trade agreements does not adversely affect the development objectives we have set for those same countries.