Thank you very much.
Minister, welcome to the committee. Thank you for being here with so many officials to answer our important questions.
I want to build on something that you mentioned at the tail end of your opening statement, which dovetails with the WTO and the importance of the rules-based multilateral trading system.
We know that there is an Ottawa Group and that you are the chair of that Ottawa Group. You hosted a virtual meeting recently with the WTO director-general. You were talking about continuing momentum toward achieving strong outcomes on trade and health. WTO reform was dealing with things such as negotiations on fisheries, subsidies and agriculture.
There was a WTO 12th ministerial conference, which I appreciate was delayed slightly but eventually took place in June. I was wondering if you could start by giving some information to the committee about what was accomplished at that WTO ministerial conference.