Fair trade has to be paramount when we're talking about protection for our manufacturing industry. What kind of society do we want in North America? Do we want a call centre mentality, or do we want manufacturing that gives good-paying jobs? The auto industry is the economic engine of this country. People in this country have to understand that, and we have to do everything we can to protect it, as a government, as a society. Unless we do that, our manufacturing industry in Canada--complete--is going to be jeopardized, because the people who are sitting at this table, their jobs and their plants are going to be exported offshore and we're not going to have a society that we all want.
On November 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.