In fact, that's not the case. Singapore has signed treaties with--I've lost count now--more than a dozen countries, including Australia and New Zealand. There's the AFTA agreement, and Singapore has been working with India and Japan. In fact, many of these deals were negotiated after Canada started talks with Singapore. So we came in early. We weren't late in the game when it came to talks with Singapore, but we simply were unable to close.
I quite agree with Mr. Clark that we shouldn't settle for a second-best solution, but you can be sure that the signal we are sending to Singapore, ASEAN, and all of Asia is that we can't close deals. If we can't close with Singapore, the negotiators on that side will be wondering if we have the appetite and political will to close with more difficult partners.