I think we'll have to begin. We are always a little late when we're meeting in this venue, because of the video conferencing. It takes a little longer to get from the House to this building.
We have witnesses waiting and I think we shall begin. We have five today, so we're going to have to be careful about our timing of questions and answers—we'll have to be firmer than usual.
I would like to begin by welcoming everyone to the Standing Committee on International Trade. This is the 14th session of the current sitting.
We will continue our discussion and study of the proposed Canada-Korea free trade agreement. We have witnesses from the Canadian Labour Congress, Congrès du travail du Canada; Spirits Canada/Association of Canadian Distillers; the Canadian Association of Mouldmakers; and, I hope, via video conference, Fission Energy.
This will be the only business we deal with today. We will commence hearing from the witnesses. We'll hear from all of you. Hopefully Mr. Khan will be joining us on video conference. If not, we'll begin the questions without him.
I'll ask each of the witnesses after their introduction to give a brief opening statement, which will be followed by a round of questions. We have a format: questions and answers are limited to seven minutes per member. We hope to stick to that. I'll remind you of it as we begin questions.
Mr. Khan, can you hear me?