When we're talking about trade, two different models are developing. I don't use the words “free trade” because that's often used by the Republicans in the United States. It's investor rights to the exclusion of everything else. Essentially, we're talking about fair trade agreements.
In fact, the Europeans were very clear about that. Social policies and social-environmental-labour standards are all included in what they discuss around the table. They want to bring people up. When you talk about Lula or other social democratic governments in South America, they are pressing for trade agreements that include those kinds of components. They're not looking at simply enhancing investor rights to the exclusion of everything else.
That's really my question. Does that not mean Canada needs to change its approach and understand where South American countries are coming from when the democratic will of the people has said yes, we want trade, not on the right-wing Republican free trade model but something that enhances the benefits to our population and preserves and enhances the environment as well?