As alluded to, Mr. Woo was here earlier and he was advocating to have China join as well, to have a 13th member, a baker's dozen.
Mr. Winter, welcome to the committee. We chatted earlier. You are active with our Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. We have the Lake Country Chamber of Commerce as well. I know you've been out to visit. We're one of the top three chambers in British Columbia out of 125 chambers, and I think you said they had 36,000 members.
I don't think very many Canadians realize the aggressiveness with which Prime Minister Harper and Minister Fast have been working on our global market strategy to expand trade. One of the startling realities with CETA would be a GDP of about $17 trillion and 500 million consumers, and with the TPP it would be about $27.5 trillion and 792 million consumers. Combined with NAFTA, Canada would be the only country in the world with comprehensive trade agreements with 75% of the world's GDP. It's really exciting. That's the message we've heard from business organizations such as yourself, representing the private sector.
I wonder if you could comment on how as a government we can get the message out. It seems to be the civil society groups are opposed to these trade agreements, and the job creators such as your organizations and the port, are supportive. What can we do to try to get businesses engaged more in understanding the benefits and the opportunities of these trade agreements and convince the public that a globalized world is where we are and the opportunities are immense?