International Trade committee  Thank you. Thanks to all our presenters as well. Gerry, it's good to see you and your lovely wife, Elizabeth, too. I'd like to extend the welcome to her, too. Getting back on track, Gerry, you mentioned these breakfast club meetings that you used to attend. You were invited

International Trade committee  Perhaps more programming could be available to entrepreneurs. If they don't have it, they could purchase it, if you will, from the private or public sectors.

International Trade committee  You mentioned mentors. In the fall economic statement, $13 million is set aside to try to develop that. In the fall economic statement, they also talk about the trade and transportation corridor and investing almost $1 billion into transportation networks. How important is that

International Trade committee  That's really important. Do I have any more time?

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. For my first question, I'm going to ask about some of the mentorship programs that were announced in the mini-budget. I'll go to Futurpreneur and Startup Canada. Back in the day, I used to manage an enterprise centre and the guy who worked for me

International Trade committee  Those are good comments. Karen, perhaps we could hear from you, too.

International Trade committee  That's reflected in Sault Ste. Marie. It's a small northern Ontario town, but we have the synagogue, the Beth Jacob. We have a very proud community up there. I wanted to touch on the CPTPP. In your remarks, you mentioned that being one of the first signatories gives us extra ab

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Minister. You certainly hit the ground running. I've been watching your movement across this world, and you've been in many parts of the world promoting Canada. I appreciate that very much. I'm from Sault Ste. Marie, and we're known as a steel town. That's o

International Trade committee  I have to drill down on that. You said “tools”. Can you give an example of a tool or two?

International Trade committee  That would be enhancing the existing tools. Do you have any idea for any new tools that perhaps aren't there right now?

International Trade committee  Chris, you looked as if you wanted to say something.

International Trade committee  Does anybody else want to comment?

International Trade committee  Anybody else...?

International Trade committee  And Japan...yes.