I hope the Committee will see fit to make a recommendation along those lines, because we don't need the Americans' permission to change our employment insurance system. The same goes for business investments. We'll have to find an imaginative way of encouraging businesses to reinvest in their equipment. As you stated earlier, a lot of investments have not been made because of the need to pay illegal countervailing duties.
Mr. Feldman, I asked you this question, but I would like it to be on the record. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wilson told us that the termination clause was added at the request of the Canadian government because under the Vienna Convention, the agreement could have been terminated after a year.
I checked the Vienna Convention personally, through the services of the Library of Parliament. The fact is that there is nothing in that agreement that actually says that because, according to what I've been told, it is only a convention. I'm also told that none of that has any relevance since it involves quotas.
I would like to have you explain that for us, because that is one of the arguments that has been made in Quebec to try and secure support for the agreement.