Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, gentlemen.
I imagine that the Canadian Council for the Americas has existed for several years now and that it groups together business people and industries of all types that already have a foothold in South America. What services does your organization offer its members?
You talked of various services that Canada has abolished or does not provide to business people. Your role is certainly not to substitute yourselves for these programs, but rather to pressure and lobby the government, as you are doing today, in order for mechanisms to be put in place with a view to enhancing trade with South America.
I would like you to first tell us more about your organization, about what it does and about some of the activities that are carried out directly in the field, in South America.