Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for coming in and sharing with the committee members your views on this Canada-India free trade agreement.
I'll throw the questions out to all of you. I'd like each of you to give your own perspective on how you view this agreement because each of you has a presence in India.
From Bombardier, for example, I want to know two or three things. How long have you been present in India? What were the obstacles in the beginning when you broke the ice, basically? How has your business experience been and what potential do you see? How important is the FTA between Canada and India? If we do not sign this, or if we are not successful in this FTA, what could be the potential loss? Or is there no loss?
Mr. Khurana used some tough lines, I guess, and maybe they are true. One of the comments he made about the Trade Commissioner Service, EDC, and BDC is that they need to learn the market where they want to work. I'm looking for your experience with the trade commission office and EDC, etc.
Let's start with that.