Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks for being here, Mr. Minister.
This is my first chance to sit in on the international trade committee, and I've learned a lot today.
I just wanted to make a comment to my colleague. I have a number of furniture builders, three actually, in my riding, and other than the difference in the dollar--our high dollar--they're very competitive.
In the past, Mr. Minister, one of the tools that ITCan has used to promote international business and development around the world is its Team Canada missions. These missions involve sending a delegation of politicians and business leaders to specific countries. I think some of the most recent ones have been to Brazil in 2004, China in January 2005, and again to India in April of that year. I'm sure there's a great benefit to these. Do you have any idea how much these missions would typically cost?
Secondly, what performance measures are in place to tell you how well they're doing, that kind of thing?