Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the minister and the department officials. I appreciate your coming to this committee.
This is an important treaty. It is Canada's first free trade agreement in some time. It is certainly an important one and allows us onto the doorstep of Europe, with bigger things hopefully to come.
I'd like to welcome Mr. Savage to committee. He's another Nova Scotian MP. I appreciate his comments on supporting this piece of legislation, because it's an important piece.