Thanks, Madam Chair.
I have a question that is slightly different from discussing WTO work.
I recently had a meeting with the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, which is recommending that we create a position for a chief implementation officer. We have had many successful trade agreements with so many different countries, and if some of the resources of the trade negotiation bureau could be separated and a new trade implementation bureau formed, with a chief implementation officer.... If experienced traders like the agri-food traders find that they need a chief implementation officer, I'm quite sure that many of the small manufacturers, especially in the knowledge-based sector, need support in seeing that the benefits of these trade agreements reach them. Having a chief implementation officer would also help the trade commissioners. They could act as a single resource at Global Affairs Canada, which would help them too.