On the issue of investment, that's not an issue we focus on in our association. Largely we deal with issues related to the trade in goods between Canada and the United States and amongst other countries. So investment and issues related to investment don't really fall within the mandate of the association.
In terms of the concern about protectionism in the United States, when I talk to some of the people I've worked with in the United States, I think the point they make is that issues related to trade and security and so on are bipartisan issues in the United States, and we cannot assume that because we have a democratically controlled Congress and Senate we're going to see a significant rise in protectionism in the United States, particularly as it might affect Canada.
Where there are concerns is in terms of U.S. negotiating authority, fast-track negotiating authority, and how the change in the composition of the Senate and the Congress will impact the United States' free trade negotiations, for example, with the Andean community and other countries, and whether or not those treaties will be passed by the U.S. Congress.
I was reading an article that appeared in the Washington Post recently, and there are negotiations going on. The Democrats are concerned about having environmental and labour issues addressed, just as they have in other free trade agreements. The key concern from a Canadian perspective is the implications for the multilateral trade negotiations and the Doha round. There is a sense that if there isn't significant progress by the spring of next year, by March of next year, we're probably looking to 2009 before we're going to have any more movement at that level.