Welcome to our witnesses.
Ron, you were very generous leaving me two minutes. I appreciate that.
I have a couple of issues that I just want to try to get a bit of clarity on.
Ms. McClenaghan, you made the statement about public consultation, but I can tell you there's been a lot of consultation with stakeholders and with elected officials. Those are the groups that represent all Canadians, the same as we members of Parliament do here at the table today. We have certainly had in-depth discussions with the provinces and with the municipalities. Both the provinces across the country and the municipalities are supportive of the CETA.
I appreciate some of the comments that you made about environmental protection, and I think most of us at the table here are in agreement that we need to protect our environment, but we also have to be very clear and concise when we put our facts out. To say that there's been no public consultation is just incorrect. We've met with groups across the country, we've met with industry, and it has occurred, and we've met with elected officials, so both municipal nationally, municipally and provincially.