Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Kung, you said earlier that “any green solution is a solution”. I thought that was a really appropriate statement for what we're faced with in terms of competition.
You also mentioned labour being an issue. I come from the manufacturing sector. I believe it's actually important for not only our jobs, our economy and our ecosystem in terms of doing better practices but also our sovereignty. I'd like to ask you specifically about our trade agreements and labour practices. The new agreement we have with the United States and Mexico includes labour and environment in the actual agreement. It's not as strong as what I would hope, but it's there for the first time.
Can you comment on that? What I'm concerned about...and I've even heard this from Mexican delegations coming to Ottawa. They're saying they don't want to be undermined by lower wages. They don't want to be undermined by the environment being abused in order to be competitive. They need to be raised up as opposed to being used as an excuse to undercut the competition.