Mr. Chair, I'd like to move a motion at this point in time before we get started in light of the guests that we will have a bit later this afternoon. I do apologize to the witnesses who are here, but hopefully we can deal with it quickly and then move on to the witnesses.
I move:
That the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade immediately hold a meeting on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement in order to receive an update from the Minister of International Trade and officials on the breakdown of talks between Canada and the European Union.
After what's happened last week and on the weekend, I think it's very important that the committee be brought up to speed and that the minister be brought in front of the committee, with officials, and that we schedule a meeting post-haste to do that.