Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our guests for being here today and for some of the discussions that have been going on around the table as we deal with our progressive agenda—gender, labour, environmental concerns, and so on.
As you mentioned, these have been in the deals we've been talking about for the last number of years. We've seen some progress in certain areas. You were talking about the Uruguay and Chile discussions, and how that became part of what we were able to build upon. As we continue to build upon it, we have had that in the discussion points with every trade deal we've had.
The point right now, unfortunately, is that it seems as though we're simply focusing on certain areas but not getting down to the point that when you are talking trade deals, you should be talking about trade. When I have people coming to my office to discuss it, that's where their fear is at this point in time. We have a Prime Minister who walks out on discussions. We talk about Australia and how we're going to deal with that with the TISA. It's Australia, the U.S., and Japan. There seems to be so much confusion and frustration right now with the countries we're dealing with.
When it comes to the TISA agreement specifically, are some of these issues that we see at the present moment likely to end up becoming problems in that area?