I don't know. It's usual that when a minister is here, it's for an hour. If it's half an hour, we'll go right into TPP. With whatever it takes to ask questions, we can just split that day up.
Without further ado, thank you for coming, folks.
This request came from our committee. As you're probably well aware, we've been dealing with a lot of different trade agreements and trade issues. We're just finishing up our TPP study. We've gone through every province. We videoconferenced the territories.
We had an open mike at the end of each meeting. We had a lot of input, a lot of uptake from the public. We also heard from a lot of businesses that were probably not very familiar with the export business and would like to be doing more. I think that's where our request for you folks to come came from. As I stated, the minister is going to be talking a little bit more about it next week.
I know you guys are doing a lot of good work already, but if you can enlighten us—we have an hour with you—and just tell us some of the things we can do. I think we're mostly looking at how we can get small and medium-sized businesses plugged in more and how we can help them understand the great opportunities we have and what some of our trade agreements are.
The floor is yours, and then we'll open up for questions.