Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to begin our 30th meeting this session of the Standing Committee on International Trade.
Today we're going to pursue our order of reference with regard to Bill C-8, an act to implement the free trade agreement between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the agreement on the environment between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the agreement on labour cooperation between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
We are welcoming witnesses from around the world today. We have with us in the committee room, from the Grain Growers of Canada, Richard Phillips, the executive director, and Gary Stanford, a farmer director of the Grain Growers of Canada. They are here from Alberta to provide witness today.
We also have witnesses via video conference, and I am looking at the screen. I hope you can hear me. When I mention your name, perhaps you could acknowledge such.
First of all, from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, the AFL-CIO, we have Jeff Vogt, the deputy director for international development.
Mr. Vogt, are you there?