I have just one question, Mr. Chair. It won't take five minutes.
You mentioned, Mr. MacKay, in terms of the global value chains, how they add to GDP etc. when you are importing. I'd like you to answer how specifically that happens. I really believe that's an area we need to be looking at as a committee. That's why I've been pushing, and still will push, because I think this hearing is a waste of timeānot with you folks, but I think the Pacific Alliance is something we're wasting our time on as a committee, when we should be looking at how to enhance.... How do we as a country take advantage of the trade agreements that we have in place and that are already being negotiated? Your point on global value chains is an important one, and we need to understand that as a committee. We should be meeting with some companies that are involved, that can tell us what more needs to be done from a policy perspective as a country to enhance those companies' interests. Our time would be better spent doing that. I still don't understand the Pacific Alliance; maybe I'm too thick. This, in my view, is busy work.
Perhaps you could explain just how that works in terms of global value chains, how even when you're importing it creates jobs and some economy and GDP within the country.
I might ask as well, does the department have any kind of analysis in its own right, I guess an economic analysis of how all that works that we could be provided?