Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you very much, all of you, for coming here before the committee today. I'm glad we had a balanced perspective presented today, which is very important.
Just to highlight some of the remarks made by Mr. Campbell, we met with department officials as well, and I brought forth some of the concerns he alluded to with respect to transparency and accountability and with respect to the process. These concerns have been raised not only here in Canada with the security and prosperity partnership but also in the United States as well as in Mexico. There seems to be concern among legislators, the general public, and civil societies about this.
I think the primary concern has to do with the limited or exclusive executive-level access to some of these discussions that take place when some of these agreements are talked about or some of these partnerships are talked about. In your opinion, Mr. Sosnow and Mr. Patterson, do you acknowledge these concerns? If so, I'd like to hear from you, how do you think we can improve the process to include and engage other key stakeholders in terms of the going-forward process?