Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. I also would like to congratulate you on your posting. When we look at how Panama's economy is growing—and certainly part of it is the canal expansion project—we see it's certainly to your country's credit. I think others have said that as well.
I am a member of Parliament from Prince Edward Island, so one of the areas I'm certainly interested in, in terms of the free trade agreement, are the tariffs on frozen potato products. Those will certainly come down. I expect you know that those good potatoes are from the wonderful red soil of P.E.I., and we're encouraged to hope to see more movement in that area, with less restriction.
My initial questions are along the lines of procurement. As I understand it, there will be a lot of opportunity in the canal expansion project the government has put forward, and a lot of the procurement related to the canal expansion project is already locked in or complete. Is the canal expansion project on any of the jobs surrounding that specific project—which is to your credit, again, and is going to mean a lot for shipping—already locked up or completed by the United States as a result of their capital investment in their agreement? Is there really much leftover opportunity for Canada, if I could put it that way, in terms of the canal expansion project, or are we looking mainly at other areas?