Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for being here this morning.
It's interesting to listen to my colleagues talk about this agreement, and all the reasons why they think it's not appropriate. It seems to come around to the fact that they don't want to give Honduras a helping hand. The way I see it is that one of the best social programs we can have is to give somebody a job. Now, the impact in Honduras of a job can be two ways. If you have a job in narco-trafficking, you have the cancerous effects of that type of job, which result in violence, murders, human rights abuses, and other types of illegal activity. Or you can give them a job that's fair-paying and honourable.
You talked about the cacao industry, Mr. MacKay. Can you maybe expand on the opportunities in that industry, with this type of agreement, and what impact that would have on ground to the individual Honduran?