Mr. Speaker, the member spoke about all the benefits the Canada-European Union trade agreement would bring to his home province. I agree.
I need to quote from the chair of the St. John's Board of Trade, who said:
The CETA agreement provides significant opportunity for our members to do business with the affluent 500 million customers in Europe.
The problem is that the hon. member and his party did not support the agreement, an agreement that would bring untold benefits to the industry and people of his home province. Now he has brought forward this opposition day motion that will further create problems when it comes to the agreement
Why does the hon. member not get on board and support this agreement that, in his own words, benefits his home province?