Thank you very much. And I'd appreciate, if you do have a moment later on to respond to questions, if you would take an opportunity to respond to the structure of the European Union with Jordan. They have independent human rights monitoring and human rights governance committees.
I wanted to go to our other witnesses, Mr. Stanford and Mr. Phillips.
Many people say we have a dysfunctional trade strategy. When you look, we sign these bilateral trade agreements and then our exports to those markets go down. Whether you're talking about Israel, Chile, Costa Rica, we've done it time and time again. So obviously something is not working with our trade strategy. Most middle-class Canadians are earning less, and our exports, the markets we signed these bilaterals with, go down. So I'm wondering, in terms of the people you represent, whether you've seen an increase in exports for bilateral markets, at least in your industry. I'm talking in real terms, not in current dollars.
Secondly, how does the little investment that this government makes for export promotion, product promotion support, compare with our foreign competitors, who give much, much more? Canada always seems to under-finance export promotion, rather than putting its money where its mouth is.