Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, gentlemen. It is a tremendous pleasure to have you here to discuss Canada's trade policies.
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, raises a certain number of questions. I suppose that it is an important forum for discussion, but it is not a treaty per se. To what extent are the decisions or policy directions developed there official and mandatory? I imagine that there were and still are sectors or organizations with prime responsibility for activities such as security and trade.
Has the SPP come to replace other working organizations in which the three countries are involved?