Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To our witnesses, thank you for being with us today.
We're embarking on what I think most people on this committee consider to be a very important study. One of its goals is to see how Canada and the Canadian economy can leverage the relationships we have with ethnocultural groups within our multicultural society to make sure we're getting the most we can out of trade deals, and not necessarily only trade deals, but also out of exports and imports with countries from which many new Canadians come. I think the way we do that is to study what exists now and see how it can be improved, so I appreciate your being here today.
I want to start with a couple of questions for Ms. Barycka with the Polish Canadian Business and Professional Association of Windsor.