International Trade committee  Yes, Mr. MacKay?

International Trade committee  Sorry, it's an iterative process when you're deciding what you do with a new alliance. There is no one document that I would call a cost- benefit analysis.

International Trade committee  Well....

International Trade committee  That was it.

International Trade committee  Yes. I'm not being cagey here.

International Trade committee  It's just very, very difficult to answer this because the cost is virtually nil—I just went through it in my intervention. It includes attending some meetings as observers. The benefit is clear and is attached to our relationships with those specific alliance members. That was th

International Trade committee  Yes. Thank you.

International Trade committee  I will take this back and assess it, but right now the information that I've been giving you, from top of mind, is the same thought process we went through prior to announcing our observership. But I will check and see if there's something additional.

International Trade committee  That's right. Thank you.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  I would not know that off the top of my head, sir. I'll have to get back to you on the relative division.

International Trade committee  On the first one, the Prime Minister has received an invitation. He's considering his participation or the participation of Canada. The agenda isn't set yet, so for me to speak about objectives and “gets” from that meeting is premature. The final agenda isn't set yet; it's not ye

International Trade committee  Actually, I have included the analysis in my opening remarks. So that means that we have very strong ties with each member of the alliance.

International Trade committee  Excuse me for reverting to English. My apologies.

International Trade committee  At times my French gets stretched. Observer status involves our enhancing our bilateral dialogue with the Pacific Alliance and attending a number of meetings, but a very limited number of meetings.