Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll share my time with my honourable colleague Mr. Keddy.
Thanks to our witnesses.
I just want to start off with Mr. Hodgson. I appreciate your preamble and the fact that you're a strong proponent of free trade, moving tariffs, having a competitive marketplace, and levelling the playing field. I reference your most recent publication, Stuck in Neutral: Canada’s Engagement in Regional and Global Supply Chains.
In your introductory comments, you also mentioned that Canada has been left behind in establishing trade agreements. Maybe you can just elaborate a little bit on how far behind we are and what we need to do to get caught up.