Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to all the witnesses for coming today.
What's very clear is that this goes far beyond smart borders, and it's helpful to have that as the first of the sessions we're going to have around the security and prosperity partnership.
I'd like to come back to Mr. Campbell on the issue of water, because this meeting that's being held in connection with the SPP tomorrow in Calgary is going to discuss issues around water consumption, water transfers, diversions of fresh water, looking for a goal of joint optimum utilization of available water. Basically that means Canadian water going to the United States, I would imagine. I would like you to comment on that. Again, this is just another example of this going far beyond smart borders, and it's disingenuous to pretend the contrary.
My final question is around the whole issue of democracy that you raised. There's very explicit confirmation that Canadians reject this kind of right-wing strategy from the Canadian Council of Chief Executives' brief where they say there's no appetite for a new push or a new grand bargain on the trade front, because as we know, Canadians voted against the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, though the electoral system did not allow that voice to be heard, and very clearly expressed in 1993 concerns about NAFTA that have been justified by the fact that most Canadian families are earning less now than they were since this whole process started.
So could you comment about the drive for Canada's water, and could you comment on this explicit confirmation that indeed most Canadians would reject this agenda if it were out in the public eye?