Not only on a personal level, but as an economist by training, I do believe in the benefits of free trade. I think that it's obviously been beneficial to our economy. We are an open economy, and we are a trade economy, but I'm also very acutely aware of practices that are poor for the environment and poor for our domestic industry.
Whether it's a normative judgment or whatever word you want to use to describe it, I think that in this case we must act like our U.S. partners and not be the boy scouts of the world. Thousands of jobs are dependent on this in various industries across Ontario, and in the riding I belong to, and we need to make sure we're standing up for them. I think these amendments are a big step forward.