Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to thank both our guests for being here today.
Chair, I was listening to testimony from our guests. I heard less testimony than I heard a soliloquy from my colleague opposite, Mr. Easter. One thing struck me about that. I was thinking about his comments about transparency. I just want to make this statement, because transparency seems to be an issue among our guests, and certainly Mr. Easter has extended that conversation quite a lot.
I thought I'd do a little research. I went back to when Mr. Easter's party was the party in power. They did not have a lot of free trade agreements on which to base my conclusions because that wasn't as much the focus, but to be fair they did some, with Chile, Costa Rica, and Israel. I was struck by the fact that the Liberal government of the day was exceptionally careful not to share information. They knew if they had to do a deal there were going to be negotiations and discussions that had to be in private.
It's very curious that now that the member opposite is in a different position, he seems to make a different argument.
I'd like to ask Mr. Doyle a question. You made the comment in your testimony that you're concerned you haven't seen the text. Has it hurt you so far?