While I have seen some problems that Canada has caused in bilateral negotiations, I would have to applaud our negotiators for not accepting a second-best deal. There's no reason we should. And there's no reason we shouldn't try with ASEAN. Most of the other countries have a different economic makeup than Singapore, which is unique in many ways. It has already been established in ASEAN that not everybody has to sign a deal. Thailand excluded itself from the ASEAN agreement with Korea.
If we're not taking deals that are second-best, I think our negotiators are taking the right position.