Thank you, and once again thanks for your energy in travelling and visiting those countries that had been left off the map for so many years. It's important to make contact as you continue to open new doors.
As you mentioned in your opening comments, our committee has been doing a study on small and medium enterprises, trying to help them engage in other markets besides the United States, our number one trading partner. There always will be $1 million a minute and $2 billion a day in trade between us, and we continue to look at 35 of the 50 states of that number one trading partner.
But we also need to expand, and that's why we're looking at what are called the Go Global workshops. I'm looking forward to hosting one with you in my riding this summer.
Also, we've heard how some of the small businesses that have come here were not aware of the services available from your department and government officials. So maybe you could share a little bit about the role of these workshops, how they're helping out SMEs, and what you have experienced to date.