Thank you very much, Mr. Chair
And thank you to the witnesses for coming. There are a lot of subjects we want to go over, so we appreciate you being available so promptly.
Softwood lumber of course won't be on the agenda for today; it will be on the agenda for Monday. Mr. Chair, after the witnesses have finished, I'll have a procedural point to raise for next Monday's meeting.
Getting back to the broader trade agenda, I just want to follow up on the last set of questions to Mr. Loken and Mr. Christie. Specifically, in terms of the Canada-Korea agreement, what work have we done to obtain an automobile exemption? That's something that folks in the auto industry are very concerned about, so I'd like to know where the state of play is both for the auto industry and for shipbuilding.
Secondly, for the WTO negotiations, it has been a matter of some concern to the agricultural community, of course--we've seen it with the farmers who have been here a number of times over the last few weeks--about the impact if we compromise in any way on the supply management sector. You mention an ambitious agenda that we have, but I want to be sure that it doesn't mean compromising in any way on the supply management sector and the communities that depend on it.
So those would be my first two questions.