Thank you very much.
One of the questions I'd like to probe, because I feel that this is a theme that has come up not just today but generally in my time here on the trade committee, is that it sounds to me like we're often hearing from different organizations that Canada has gotten out ahead in terms of its market access on paper, of its ability to actually exploit the opportunities that are in trade agreements, and that we stand out—against our western competitors anyway—in terms of our government having a real strategy for what we want to produce and how we want that to benefit Canadians.
I know that's a very general topic, but I think Mr. Dade touched on it a bit in his own remarks, and I've heard it peppered in elsewhere. I wonder if folks just want to speak very directly to this question. We know that Canada is now party to many agreements. Some of you will know the NDP has had its critique of those agreements over the years, to put it mildly, but it does seem that Canada is way out ahead in terms of market access on paper than what we're able to exploit, in the best sense of that word.
I wonder if any of our witnesses would like to speak to that theme.
We'll start with Mr. Dade because it was in his opening remarks and then hear from Ms. De Silva after that.