Yes. I'll be very quick, Madam Chair.
Our most recent trade agreement with the United States, which has been upheld by the Deputy Prime Minister as being a template for future agreements, includes labour and environmental provisions. That's with the United States.
As awkward as they are, I think some of these questions are relevant. It would be nice to give the witnesses a little bit of extra space to be able to answer, but it's my opinion that these questions are relevant. The parliamentary secretary's objections to these are neither warranted nor fair, because as has been upheld by his own Deputy Prime Minister, labour and environmental rights are important parts of trade agreements— unless they don't believe that.
That's the reality of what we actually passed and what is in front of us.