Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank our guests for being here today. I've decided I now love every city and town in beautiful British Columbia—it's just the safest approach I think—there isn't one city that isn't a postcard. So compliments to you, mayor, and to preceding mayors and colleagues from other parts of British Columbia, and my colleagues opposite.
I'm really disappointed Mr. Sandhu is leaving our committee because—as your role as a berry picker and understanding the importance of picking berries in Abbotsford—I think you were one berry away from supporting this agreement. So it is a little disappointing.
You know, it's rather interesting. Canada has a population, mayor and Mr. Tam, of some 34 million people. We talk about the 500 million people in the European Union. That can either be an opportunity or a threat. I heard a colleague opposite talk about the 500 million as a potential threat because those are the folks potentially coming to Canada who could be competing with us. Mr. Tam, you talked about the services. Are you afraid of Canada's competition from a service standpoint into the EU?