Okay. Thank you.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108 and the motion adopted by the committee on October 23, 2020, the committee will proceed with its study of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.
I welcome our witnesses on this panel. As individuals, we have Gus Van Harten, professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; Lawrence Herman, counsel at Herman & Associates; and Mark Warner, principal counsel at MAAW Law. We also have, from the Trade Justice Network, Angella MacEwen, co-chair.
Mr. Van Harten, you have the floor to start, please.