International Trade committee  Thank you. We see it as the proper role of government to try to level the playing field for our exporters, and this free trade agreement helps that immensely, given the fact that the Americans have been out in front of us for some years in this particular market. But you're ab

International Trade committee  Yes, we're attuned to that. We're aware of that. Based on what we know and what we understand of the trends in human rights in Jordan, that did not seem to be a block to having this kind of agreement. In fact, we don't believe that adding a free trade agreement with Jordan will d

International Trade committee  Yes, we do. Our department also does its own reporting every year.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  I believe it probably is. I'm not from the human rights division itself, but--

International Trade committee  First of all, the commitment we have from the leadership of Jordan is encouraging on this particular subject and on human rights generally. We have ongoing dialogue through our embassy, our ambassador, and our political counsellor. They are active on these issues. Also, we have C

International Trade committee  Yes. In these times we will not be spending a tremendous amount of money with respect to promotion.

International Trade committee  We have invested, I would say, in my division about $10,000 to $12,000 for material that, when the agreement is finally signed and ready to be implemented, will advise Canadian industry of the opportunities.

International Trade committee  That is compared to zero for Jordan the year before. Our approach on this is that industry is going to make this agreement work, or not.

International Trade committee  I have no idea.

International Trade committee  On the trade side, I don't think we do. You can see references, maybe even human rights reports, saying that the United States may throw $1 billion at Jordan in a year, but that includes military and aid money. Our aid money to a country like Jordan is $6 million to $8 million a

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. The point we can start with is that Jordan, considering its traditions and its location, has done quite well in a relative sense with respect to human rights. We do hear about honour killings, and they have continued in Jordan. The record will show that in 2