We are now going to proceed with the Standing Committee on International Trade, meeting 17 of this session. Our order of reference is with regard to an act to implement the free trade agreement between the Republic of Colombia and Canada, the agreement on the environment between Canada and the Republic of Colombia, and the agreement on labour cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Colombia.
We have had some changes in the schedule over the past week to try to accommodate people. Today, we are happy to have two witnesses with us. I think with just two witnesses we will go for an hour. That will give us plenty of time to ask questions. I would like to conclude today by wrapping up the Canada-U.S. procurement report.
We are now in session, so there won't be cameras going off, now that we're officially started.
With that, I'm going to begin by introducing our witnesses today. I see with us at the table we have Carleen Pickard from the Council of Canadians. Thank you for coming.
Via video conference we have Barbara Wood. I'm going to ask you to acknowledge that you can hear us.