I call the meeting to order. Good morning, everyone. We have a very busy agenda here this morning, and we want to make sure we hear from witnesses and get some good interaction back and forth.
We have four witnesses for the first 45 minutes here. Then we will have the Ambassador of Japan and also the High Commissioner of Australia. We have a very busy morning.
I welcome our guests here for the first part. We have two videoconferences: one from Vancouver, with the Forest Products Association of Canada, and one from Yellowknife, with the Northern Territories Federation of Labour.
We also have the Canadian Council for International Co-operation and the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.
Welcome, folks, to our study on the TPP. As you well know, our committee has been working very hard on shaking out this agreement: what's in it and how it would affect all Canadians, whether they are consumers or business persons. It's a big agreement. It's a good chunk of the GDP of the world. There's a large population in those countries. We've visited every province and we're still doing videoconferences with the territories. We've had more than 20,000 submissions, and we heard from many stakeholders.
We're going to get right to it.
Maybe we could start with Derek. I always try to get to the video conference first, in case something happens with the communications. Just understand there's always a little delay. Everybody has to understand that, whether you're an MP or a witness. There's a little delay when you're doing video conferences.
We're going to start with the Forest Products Association of Canada. We have Derek Nighbor. Go ahead, sir. You' have the floor for five minutes.