Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister and officials, for being here. Tim, it's great to see you again.
You missed his credentials in agriculture, Minister. He's well versed in a lot of those issues as well. We had the opportunity to travel together. I've actually got some pictures, and now that he's an important person, I'm happy to post them on my Facebook page to share them with the world.
Tim's an avid golfer. He learned rudimentary golf lessons at the WTO in Bali as we waited for things to happen there, watching the paint dry. Welcome, Tim. We appreciate what you're going to bring to the table.
I want to begin with the elephant in the room, Minister. On the final days of the CETA agreement, you took it upon yourself to open Pandora's box in a move to make the agreement, you said, more progressive, and in the end we lost the ability to adjudicate on ISDS. Hindsight is always 20/20. Looking backwards now, is that something you wish you hadn't done?