Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being here.
Ken, I'd like to ask you a question, because you brought up some things that are close to my heart. You brought up the automotive industry, and you know that in Oshawa this deal wasn't enough to save our plant, but the whole idea of competitiveness and value added are big issues, I think. When we're moving forward with this agreement, if there's something that we could do to support industries that may be negatively affected, I think would be so important.
Gerdau Ameristeel is in the Durham region, and they work mostly as a recycler, but you mentioned something about the buy American provisions. I know that our government under Mr. Harper was able to get an exemption from those provisions. Could you comment on how that's going to affect your members, not having that same exemption that we used to have?
The other thing about the value added is that we have this huge Kitimat LNG project. I think it's a $22 billion project, and my understanding is—and correct me if I'm wrong—that the government gave the Chinese an exemption on that as far as making certain components is concerned.
Could you expand on the value-added statement you made? Right now the whole idea of trade with China is a conversation. The Americans have completed what they're calling phase one of their U.S.-China deal.
I know I've asked a lot of things in this question, but maybe you could address the question about value added, the buy American clauses, and what we can do as a committee to help support the people who will be negatively affected by not having that exemption in the deal.