Regardless, what is important and what did not happen under the U.S.-Jordan free trade agreement, until there was an exposé, was substantial commitment. There needs to be substantial commitment on behalf of both governments to take this agreement seriously. The Bush administration in the United States not only did not really monitor the implementation of the agreement, but in fact sent a letter to the Jordanians that essentially said they were never going to enforce the labour provisions of the agreement.
High-level constructive dialogue and engagement between governments is absolutely essential to make this work. And going back to the point I made earlier, right now is the point of maximum leverage Canada has with regard to Jordan. I don't think the Canadian government would consider moving forward with this agreement if the Jordanian government were far out of line with its obligations under the investments chapter or the services chapter. It's important that the commitments undertaken here be taken seriously and that both governments do what is necessary to come into compliance with the terms of that agreement before moving forward on the ratification.