I call the meeting to order. I'm sorry that we're a little tardy getting started; a couple of our members have yet to arrive.
We are in the ninth meeting of the Standing Committee on International Trade. Today we're going to continue our discussion of the Canada-Jordan free trade agreement. We are waiting with anticipation for a bill to come from the House on that matter and we are getting a bit of a head start with some expert witnesses today. We will follow that with an in camera session on the furtherance of our report on Canada-U.S. trade relations, with particular regard to government procurement.
Before we do that, Mr. Silva has a comment.