Good morning, and congratulations. Thank you very much to all of you for all your hard work. It definitely has proven very fruitful for all of us.
Mr. Verheul, you noted in your presentation that 60% of Canada's GDP is generated by trade, and that one in five jobs are linked to trade. There are more than one million small to medium-sized enterprises in Canada, yet only 41,000 report exporting.
I represent the riding of New Brunswick Southwest. We are deeply entrenched with lobster, fishery, wood products, and science. Of Atlantic Canadians businesses, 54% are micro-businesses. They generally have one to four employees.
Here's my question to you in my short amount of time: what are the plans or the strategies for helping the micro-businesses that have one to four employees take advantage of the tremendous CETA opportunities? That will be a regional concern for us.