Bernard Patry at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2009 / 4 p.m.

Liberal

Bernard Patry Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Merci beaucoup.

Thank you to all our guests this afternoon. It's always very interesting.

Mr. Clarkson--and to all three--you said within NAFTA we need to live with the omelette as it is right now and try to improve it.

Mr. Grenier, you said that President Obama was raising a lot of hopes. You told us about his speech on February 27. You also said that Canada had to get President Obama's attention, but not show up with a shopping list.

My question is very simple. How can we get onto President Obama's agenda? Do we have to do it in a continental or international way, while not forgetting to include in the negotiations the problems we have with regard to the Arctic or Afghanistan, as well as security issues?

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