Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank each of our witnesses for appearing before us today.
I'd like to begin with Mr. Harrison. I thank you very much for dialoguing with us today on this important issue. The details of a human rights reportage mechanism that would be put in place through the amendment and the signed agreement between the Colombian and Canadian governments have been read into the record at committee. It would require both the Government of Canada and the Government of Colombia to do annual reports on the impact of the free trade agreement on Colombia and on Canada, and the reports would come to our respective parliaments--our parliament, their congress--on an annual basis.
When we had public servants here from Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, they indicated they would draw from the NGO community and civil society groups in that reportage to help inform the reports on an ongoing basis. Would you be willing to participate in that type of process and to help inform the design and the deliberation of that group, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, in terms of human rights reportage?