Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, guests, for sharing a little bit about your experiences of living in another country and about cultural education through diplomacy. I really support that effort.
The ultimate goal of this committee is to deliver a report to the House by the end of next month on how we can enhance Canada's trade policy and identify some of the opportunities and challenges in underdeveloped trade in areas where we can open some doors.
One of the comments we've heard from a few other witnesses is that we don't need to take such a complicated approach to these agreements. Could you enlighten us on how we might be able to simplify the process so we can get some short-term FIPAs and steps in the right direction? What's holding up the progress to date?