We will begin.
Sorry for the late arrival. With the House business, some of the members were a little late getting started. We do have a quorum. We have full attendance as we begin this last meeting for this session of the Standing Committee on International Trade, continuing our discussion of a free trade agreement with Canada and the European Union.
Today we're going to hear from witnesses here in Ottawa. With us is Jacques Pomerleau from Canada Pork International. Appearing direct from Laval is Carl Grenier.
Professor Grenier, it's a pleasure to have you with us. We had some difficulty last time, so I'm glad you're here. I'm sorry for the slight delay in getting started.
We are going to go in our traditional format. We just have the two witnesses today, so I think probably what we'll do is hear opening statements from each of you and then proceed to questions. I think we will probably be through by five, if not earlier. I have just a touch of business, so let's start with an hour, if that works for everybody.
I appreciate our witnesses' time and we'll proceed with that.
I just want to have a little future business about allowing the clerk to plan some of the fall matters, particularly with regard to travel. We have two prospects in the offing. We'll talk about that at the end of the meeting, perhaps at about 4:45.
For now I'm going to ask Mr. Grenier, coming to us from Quebec, to begin with an opening statement.