Thank you, Minister.
A few days ago we had a group from the European Economic and Social Committee. It was a very diverse group. They represented business, unions, and democratic society in all the different parts of Europe they're from. They realize that to pull this agreement together when there are 28 countries and in Canada 10 provinces and three territories that all have to agree, it's nothing short of a miracle that we're this far, when you look at it. With this era of protectionism in the world, it's quite the feat. We're not there yet. As you know, our committee has been dealing with it, and we're patiently waiting for it to come to our committee next week and we'll go from there.
Without further ado, we're going to start the questioning. I know you can't wait for that to happen. We're going to start off with the Conservatives.
Mr. Ritz, you have the floor.