International Trade committee  I'm sorry, but I don't have that determination at hand. I will certainly provide it to you.

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I know this committee will be meeting with or hearing from Ukraine's ambassador to Canada on Thursday. She will be in a better position to provide the details of Ukraine's parliamentary ratification procedures. What I can share with you today is that both parties are committed to have this free trade agreement enter into force as quickly as possible.

International Trade committee  I don't have the direct answer to your question, but there are always areas in a free trade agreement in which you can expand and improve upon the provisions. There isn't a carbon tax provision in CETA, but we have an environment committee that can regularly—

International Trade committee  No, there is not.

International Trade committee  No, there is not.

International Trade committee  Are you saying CETA?

International Trade committee  Ukraine has indicated an interest in acceding to the CPTPP. They also have expressed interest in joining the European Union, but to my knowledge they have not expressed interest in the CETA.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for your question. In this case, compared to other free trade negotiations, which tend to be more labour intensive and drag on for a longer period of time, first of all, when Ukraine approached us somewhat surprisingly in May of last year indicating that they were ready to launch modernization negotiations, we of course were dealing with the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also with a negotiating partner who found themselves in situations where they often didn't have electricity or power.

International Trade committee  As you pointed out yourself, we are very active in the region, not just through the CPTPP. Let me just add here that we would welcome the United States back to the CPTPP. My sense is that the Indo-Pacific economic framework is another way that the United States are looking to expand their footprint in the Asia-Pacific region, making it clear—at this time, anyway—that they have no definitive plans to come back to the CPTPP.

International Trade committee  Madam Chair, I can answer that question. I'm working with my colleague, Doug Forsyth, who's our chief negotiator for the Canada-U.K. free trade agreement. I'm responsible for negotiating the U.K.'s accession to the CPTPP. I can assure you that Doug and my team are working very closely together to make sure we're able to maximize the benefits to Canadian companies and producers through those two parallel negotiations.

International Trade committee  I will answer your question related to the CPTPP negotiations. As I'm sure you're aware, we did extensive consultations with stakeholders in terms of which of the priority markets they believed Canada should pursue in a CPTPP expansion. We held industry and other stakeholder group events, including with indigenous groups, SMEs and whatnot, but I will turn to my colleague, Doug Forsyth—

International Trade committee  Yes, we absolutely will. We will continue to hold consultation meetings with our stakeholders to keep you informed of the progress made during the negotiations.

International Trade committee  After a free trade agreement comes into force, we work with our negotiating partner to regularly monitor the impact of the trade agreement. On the Canadian side, we work very closely with our chief economist's office at the Department of Global Affairs to measure the increased benefits through trade investment across a wide range of sectors of importance for Canada.

International Trade committee  I don't believe it's published. We provide that information to all our stakeholders and industry partners, but I don't believe it's formally published in a parliamentary document, if that's what you're referring to.