Welcome.
We will begin meeting number 13 today of our Standing Committee on International Trade for this session. Our topic, of course, is the free trade agreement.
Today, as I say, we're continuing our discussion of the proposed Canada-Korea free trade agreement. We're welcoming witnesses from the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, the Fisheries Council of Canada, the Shipyard General Workers' Federation, and Bombardier Inc. I don't think we have any other business today.
We have a bit of a logistics problem with the second motion; Mr. Julian is not here. He will be coming. We'll just tell him we dealt with it. We will deal with that later; I'm going to get to our witnesses who have been patiently waiting.
I'll ask each of you to present a brief opening statement. At the conclusion of your statements, we will proceed to questions, beginning with the Liberals, with seven minutes for questions and answers. We'll try to keep the questions tight so that you can have lots of time to answer within the seven minutes allotted.
We'll begin today with the top of the order: Monsieur Pierre Laliberté from the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec.
Please go ahead, Monsieur Laliberté.