Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to thank you, Minister, and I appreciate your remarks very much, especially on tourism, because the tourism sector, with such a high percentage of SMEs in it, is very much connected to, I believe, a study the committee has undertaken.
I want to focus on a couple of areas in my line of questioning. The first has to do with lessons learned. One example comes to mind, and I think it's very timely because of the Prime Minister's trip to China. In 2005 the Liberal government had an agreement in principle for the ADS, the approved destination status, and since then we've fallen behind over 130 countries. I hope and I'm optimistic that the Prime Minister will have some positive announcement to that effect for the ADS in China. I don't know that, but I'm being optimistic.
I want to know from you, Minister, why it has taken so long, and what are some of the lessons learned from that experience?