Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here today.
I find your recommendations around social justice, against social dumping on the environment, very intriguing, and I have two questions I'd like to ask.
First, who have you met with, and who are you meeting with--which civil society groups, which parts of the labour movement--while you are here in Canada?
Second, there are some criticisms in Canada on where these negotiations are leading, particularly the impacts socially and environmentally. If we're looking at completion of the negotiations in a year or so, what would your role be? Would it be your role to say there are overall negative social and environmental repercussions? Would your role be to say we don't believe this agreement should be ratified by Parliament? Or would your role simply be to offer some recommendations about where the negotiation should go?