This, of course, is not within the purview of the work I've been doing, but I think our government has been very clear that we do not believe protectionism would be at all helpful in the global economic downturn. In fact, we've been in the forefront of urging all countries not to put protectionist measures in place. History has shown that protectionism has been negative to economic recovery. That's the principle we've been operating under, but we're always very open to hearing concerns such as yours and your riding's and will continue to engage with you on issues such as this.
On December 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.