Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's good to see you.
Thank you, officials, for taking the time to come.
I want to get a few things on record first before I go to some of the questions, just so all of us in the room are clear.
It was under former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper that Canada undertook Operation Unifier and the Canadian Armed Forces mission to bolster the capabilities of the armed forces of Ukraine through the provision of critical military training. It was under a Conservative government that on December 2, 1991, Canada became the first western country to recognize Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union.
Conservatives will always work to ensure that trade agreements are in the interest of Canada and all Canadians, and nobody is debating whether or not we should have a free trade agreement with Ukraine. The current agreement, as you would know here at the table, the 2017 CUFTA negotiated by the Conservative Party of Canada, will remain in effect if this new agreement is not ratified.
I also want to just quickly indicate that Conservatives support Ukraine 100%.
That being said, I do want to get comments from whoever at the table here can best answer this: Is there a carbon tax provision within CETA?