Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, sir. Let me welcome you to Sherbrooke. It is in my constituency, and a number of people from Colombia live there. Most of them oppose this free-trade agreement. The number of Colombians in Sherbrooke is very representative, I feel.
I went onto the FOCAL website. On the “Mission” page, which is quite short, we read the following:
...is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening Canadian relations with Latin America and the Caribbean through policy dialogue and analysis. By providing key stakeholders with solutions-oriented research on social, political and economic issues, we strive to create new partnerships and policy options throughout the Western Hemisphere.
It also talks briefly about the appearance before this committee of Mr. Torres and Mr. Barrera, analysts with the organization.