Good afternoon, everyone.
Welcome, Minister, and also your officials, to our committee.
We are a very active committee. Over the last couple of years, we've studied six different trade agreements. We've travelled around the world, but we've also travelled across the country and met with Canadians to talk to them about the importance of trade and how it affects their lives.
As you know, following up on the negotiations with United States and Mexico, our committee decided to study the impacts of the tariffs on Canadians and Canadian companies. I think your timing is very good in coming here today. We've had a good sense from our witnesses over the last two or three meetings on what's happening and the impacts they've had, the challenges, and what they're going through.
This is not your first committee, so welcome again, and you have the floor, sir.