Thank you to our witnesses, and thanks for the great history lesson.
Following up on Mr. Easter's comment, I know the concern was whether this was just filling in time. You talked about that in other committees. You also commented about the Canadian alliance, so it's been quite successful, I think. Maybe the Pacific Alliance will be as successful as that. I'm cautiously optimistic. It's a great opportunity to hear from you two individuals on your perspective, representing a variety of experience.
Mr. Dade, if you could clarify, you mentioned how important this is compared to the European Union. Should our committee recommend to the government to seek to join the alliance as soon as possible for Canadian industry to take advantage of the alliance?