Today I am delighted to have spoken at the Intellectual Property Insititue of Canada's Annual Meeting. I was asked to cover European trade mark law, and Brexit issues. The reaction here was very encouraging, and Canada is keen to maintain strong economic and legal connection to the UK. Our aspiratations for a very positive trade relationship when the UK leaves the EU was also discussed, and I was very lucky to talk to Marco Mendicino MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Justice Minister and Attorney General. He spoke very warmly of our Prime Minister's recent visit to Canada and was very positive about the UK and Canada pursuing a trade agreement when the UK leaves the EU. All in all an excellent day and very positive about our future relations.