That's what I've been saying from the start, Minister. That's where I wanted to take you.
We can sign major free-trade agreements with Europe, the United States, Mexico and the Asia-Pacific region. We can enter into large-scale economic agreements, but we're incapable of conducting bilateral discussions or discussions with large groups of countries regarding the situation we find ourselves in today. Unfortunately, that's precisely the starting point in this matter. I don't hold it against you.
This situation is an opportunity for us to start some serious discussions. You said you weren't following the Century Initiative. However, increasing numbers of people will want to settle in Canada and Quebec. What will we do if we don't have this kind of mechanism? There will be more incidents like this one.