There are several stages to the process. In the pre-launch phase, we consult with the stakeholders and we talk with the other government through an exploratory process to find out two things: where is Canadian industry on the idea of having an FTA, and what are the possibilities of negotiating a state-of-the-art agreement with the other country? If we are reasonably satisfied from those two processes that there's a basis for proceeding, we would recommend and the government would decide whether or not to launch negotiations. But that's the first stage, and that's where we are now in the negotiations. Now we have to see whether we can actually reach an agreement with Korea that meets our needs as well as theirs.
If we as negotiators, in following the mandate we've been given by government, are satisfied that we've reached an agreement that's worth bringing back, we'll do so, and then the whole political process will be engaged in terms of deciding whether or not to proceed.
The government would first have to make a decision to sign the agreement, and then once the agreement was signed, it would require implementing legislation. So all members of Parliament would obviously have a vote in deciding whether or not the agreement should be ratified.