Business of Supply  . It is the best partnership and the two most integrated economies in the world. We want it to continue to grow. These numbers are not simply sterile statistics. They represent some 2.4 million Canadian jobs, jobs that the NDP would jeopardize if it had its way. The NDP's anti-trade

Business of Supply  . These numbers are not simply statistics. They represent some 2.4 million Canadian jobs that the NDP would simply throw away. Therefore, the NDP's anti-trade credentials are well established. Our government's leadership in resisting protectionist measures and continuing to create new

Canada Shipping Act   impact on Canada. The NDP's anti-trade, anti-development agenda is clear. This bill would limit further diversifying our energy exports to countries other than the United States, which would severely impact our economy, jobs, and everything. Moreover, such a ban would be looked upon

Foreign Investment   Canada Act. This is an Investment Canada Act question, but there is an undercurrent in the member's statement about trade protectionism and, quite frankly, some of the bad old days of NDP policy in which it is simply anti-trade on everything. Let us try to move beyond that type

Finance committee   are not always anti-trade. I have a question about the offshore pool that was discussed. Was it Mr. Chilcott? No I think it was Mr. Stewart. You were talking about the difference between the onshore and the offshore trading pools. Is that correct?

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the historic Canada-EU trade agreement announced by our Prime Minister will bring benefits to key economic sectors in every region of the country. Despite what the opposition and its anti-trade union backers say, we know this trade agreement, with a market of over

International Trade   will expand agriculture and food exports to the EU by an incredible C$1.5 billion dollars a year. However, the NDP is an anti-trade party beholden to unions and radical anti-trade activist groups. Union friends of the NDP have already denied the benefits of a Canada-Europe trade

International Trade   of over 500 million new customers and will boost the Canadian economy by 12%, which in turn will create thousands of jobs right here at home. Canadians know that the NDP are ideologically anti-trade, and this attack by the NDP leader on Canadian jobs is further proof that Canada

Business of Supply  -term prosperity through the expansion of Canada's international trade relationships, something the isolationist and anti-trade NDP strongly opposes. Our government understands that Canadians' standard of living depends on growing trade and investment, unlike the NDP, who would

Canada Shipping Act   polluters and enabling early detection of marine oil spills. However, a ban on oil tankers, as proposed by the NDP, would have a lasting negative effect on Canada. I understand that the NDP is anti-trade and does not comprehend the issues of a trading nation. The NDP always wants to say

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   of investors' protections and essentially such support for an anti-trade activist movement? We want Canadians to be investing overseas and we want Koreans to be investing in Canada so we can grow our Canadian economy and create jobs, so at committee why did we see this attitude of removing

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  -working Canadian families, the NDP tried to completely sabotage the Canada-Korea free trade agreement at committee. They would have forced our government to completely renegotiate the agreement and set Canadians back even further. This anti-trade behaviour is just as bad for Canadians

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   that is against international trade. We are not anti-trade, quite the contrary. If members want to ask me questions about that, they should also speak to the member with whom I have been communicating over the past two, three or four years on economic issues. They will see that as an economist

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  . It really is a key to increasing our global competitiveness. Of course, trade and investment represent the twin engines of growth for the global economy, and again I have to reflect on the anti-trade ideology of the NDP. Although the NDP may support the bill a little bit, it is a fact

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, our government continues to expand Canada's role in the Americas. Under our government, Canada has signed trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, Honduras and Panama, all agreements opposed by the NDP. The NDP cannot hide from its anti-trade record. It even sent