Good morning, everyone. It's good to see such a good turnout on this snowy, snowy morning in Ottawa. It's hot on the Hill but it's cold outside.
Welcome, witnesses. Thank you for making it here this morning.
It's good to see you from Brussels, Mr. Sinclair. I doubt it's snowing in Brussels.
From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, we have Ms. Pohlmann; from the Dairy Farmers of Canada, we have Mr. Leduc; from Manitobah Mukluks, we have Mr. Fine; and from the Retail Council of Canada, we have Mr. Littler.
Welcome to everyone. As you know, we're here dealing with CETA. A lot of work has been done so far on CETA. We are going through the final stages with it here on the Hill , and we really appreciate your input today.
Since we have five presenters, I'd appreciate it if you could keep it to around five minutes. That would be very helpful. Then we could have a good follow-up and good dialogue with the MPs.
Without further ado, we'll go right to Brussels, if that's all right with you, Mr. Sinclair. Please start us off with your presentation. You have the floor.