We will come to order with meeting number 29 of the Standing Committee on International Trade in this session of Parliament.
Today we are going to continue our discussion of the free trade agreement between Canada and the Kingdom of Jordan. This is a referral from the House of Bill C-8, plus an agreement on the environment between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the agreement on the labour co-operation between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
We have had witnesses for one or two meetings and we are going to continue this. I would like to just bring to the attention of the committee the difficulty I'm having confirming witnesses. I have received a list from all the parties concerned, and we have contacted everyone on the list that you have submitted and those that have been submitted by the government as well.
We're having trouble with having the people here when we happen to meet and when they're available and that sort of thing. So today I'm grateful that we have our old friend, John Masswohl, director of government and international relations with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association with us, but he will be the only witness appearing today.
I'd like to try to avoid that in future—not just having you here, John, although it's always a pleasure. We want to hear a number of witnesses. So if I could ask some of you maybe to touch base with those on the list that you submitted and ask if they can't free up a Monday or a Wednesday to appear at the committee, then we can get this done.
How are we doing for the next meeting?