Food and Drugs Act  , because we are a trading nation. Many of our livelihoods depend on trade. Around the world, we are seeing growing criticism and dissatisfaction with the kinds of lopsided trade deals many right-wing governments have been focused on negotiating. This rising anti-trade sentiment can

International Trade committee   access is granted to chapter 12 countries with no consideration for local employment conditions. Let me repeat and let me be clear that we're not anti-trade and we're not anti-foreign worker, but we want to put Canadian workers first. Our members and future members just want a fair

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, once again, we have committed to openly consulting and engaging with Canadians and, indeed, parliamentarians. The NDP will have an opportunity to make its anti-trade positions heard loudly and clearly in this Parliament. The fact of the matter is we are going

Employment   and sending shockwaves throughout their economy. The anti-trade agenda of the NDP would put a big wall around the Pacific coast and prevent goods from going in and out of the economy. That is the last thing British Columbians need. They need a low-tax plan, and that is what

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

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the opportunity to respond to this question. Although the Conservatives like to paint the NDP as anti-trade, the NDP is by no means anti-trade. The NDP does, however, think that it is the responsibility of any responsible government to make

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   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

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

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the anti-trade NDP is at it again. Yesterday, the NDP attempted to gut the Canada-Korea free trade agreement. It tried to remove the investor protection provision from that agreement. This is something that is contained in almost every modern free trade agreement

International Trade committee   they're not anti-trade at all. The other thing I would point out is that we also believe that investors need to have protection. The question that we raise with this amendment is: in what venue are investors to enforce their claims? According to this agreement, they get to enforce