I'd like to call the meeting to order.
I want to thank our witnesses for being here.
We as a committee have completed a study on the EU free trade agreement. We just finished passing a piece of legislation, which has gone back to the House, on the Jordan free trade agreement. We're waiting for the one on Panama. It has yet to come from the House.
We want to embark on a very exciting, comprehensive, and high-level economic partnership agreement between Canada and Japan.
We have with us the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. We have some people from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Mr. Ian Burney, you have a presentation for the committee. If you would introduce your entourage, we will yield the floor to you. We look forward to what you have to share with the committee.