Thank you, everyone, for your prompt attendance.
We're going to begin right off the bat with our continued study of Canada-U.S. trade relations, despite what the clerk has put down here today. The first topic in this ongoing discussion will be the study of the agreement on government procurement.
Without further delay, I'm going to ask our guests.... First, let me welcome our guests. All are from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Dany Carriere, director of multilateral market access, is going to lead. We have Lynda Watson, director of North American commercial policy, and Marie-Josée Langlois, director of North American trade policy. Thank you all for coming, particularly for coming on short notice.
One of our members was anxious to have you here, and unfortunately he couldn't be here himself, but we'll be happy to carry on without him.
With that, I'm going to ask Ms. Carriere to begin with an opening statement. We'll follow it with general questions of the committee. Anyone can jump in to answer the questions once this goes around.
Ms. Carriere, perhaps you could begin, please.