Thank you kindly, Mr. Chairman, and I'll split my time with my colleagues here, as well.
First of all, let me again welcome you here to Canada. I think it's always wonderful, for us and I'm sure for you and your member states, when we have an opportunity to sit around the table, put our issues forward, and try to find common ground for the betterment of our societies.
What caught my interest, if I may ask, Mr. Campbell, is when you said that the commission has full power for international trade. As you know, we—as a country and this government—are embarking today on the European free trade agreement with four specific countries. I just want you to place for me how this falls under what you just said. If we go and negotiate with Italy or with Greece or with Spain, for example, can the commission step in and say “Whoa, whoa, I have full power, Mr. Canada and Mr. Croatia, or whoever, and you can't do this”? So who supersedes? Do we then, as Canadians—whichever government is in place, or whoever's negotiating—have to go to the commission, work with the commission? Are we on the right track with EFTA, for example? We just had a vote the other day in the House, and this committee will study it. Can you give me some leverage on that, if you can?