Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the presenters. Thanks for your passion, for your presentations, for the knowledge you have brought here to the table. I'm also going to ask you for your experience.
In every trade deal we have winners and losers, as we've heard, pros and cons, those who are for and those who are against. We've had numerous trade deals between Canada and other countries. I recall NAFTA. My dad was working in manufacturing and lost his job through NAFTA. That was something that happened to our family. It affected our family in a way that was adverse. But we consult with the public, with organized labour, with workers, with associations, with organizations, with business, and we want to hear from all sides.
Tapping a little bit into your experience, for most of you at the table—I say “most of you” because I'm not sure whether you were born when NAFTA came about—were you in favour of NAFTA when it was signed on to? Could you just tell me?