Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome our two witnesses.
Your respective presentations tell us, in a way, that you have a lot of experience. You both have had some personal experience over there. I believe that gives us a rather positive insight on how we have to proceed if we want to trade with Middle East countries, more particularly Jordan.
Mr. Hutton, you have been an ambassador for four years. Other witnesses told us that they fear a free-trade deal with Jordan would lead once again to the same problem, that is a number of businesses are hiring almost exclusively foreign workers, to the detriment of Jordan workers.
You were not necessarily in Jordan as such, but you have been in the Middle East. In your view, would a free-trade agreement between Canada and Jordan improve the situation of both foreign and Jordan workers?
Ms. Harrison, you could also answer that question.