Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
You said earlier that political parties should work together. We worked for a full year with all players in the manufacturing sector in order to develop a plan with 22 recommendations—right here in this report.
The parliamentary secretary referred earlier to a list of measures taken. However, out of the 22 recommendations proposed by the sector, only one has been implemented, and only half way at that.
You talk about partisanship. We are indeed partisan. We behave in a partisan fashion, obviously. However, we are here to help your sector, the manufacturing industry, and to implement these 22 recommendations. This is what we want to do. If this is partisanship, we are indeed partisans, but of your sector.
We want to give another chance to this government and to these political parties through a new bill. I am giving you notice. It is Bill C-411 which is at second reading stage.
We often hear manufacturers say that there is dumping of imports from China, that our markets are inundated by an avalanche of goods and that they are unable to compete.
This bill will ensure that imports from China will be subjected to five evaluation criteria. These are the same five criteria used by the European Union and the United States. Since these two jurisdictions find these five criteria useful, Canada should adopt them also. We should use the same five evaluation criteria regardless of the country of origin. Presently we have only one and we are not even able to determine if there is a market economy in China or in other countries. We do not have enough criteria.
Are you hearing from people in your sector that imports from China are in direct conflict with products of your manufacturing industry?