Mr. Chair, I'll split my time with Mr. Longfield.
I have three or four questions, moving completely to another area: international treaties for intellectual property.
Mr. Halucha, this is an area that could have tremendous impact on the productivity of our companies. I'm speaking specifically about the Madrid agreement with respect to trademarks in the PLT, the patent law treaty agreement.
I believe 98 countries are signatories to the Madrid agreement. Why is Canada not a signatory yet, and what can we do to expedite that?