I would like to speak about some of the discussion we've had around the table, and that is that bulk water is not covered by NAFTA. We've had one or two witnesses speculate that it might be—no more concrete than that. We've heard lots of witnesses speculate about a lot of non-concrete-type issues. This is the concern that I brought forward last time.
We are the international trade committee. We should be sinking our teeth into reality and into real things that affect trade for Canada. So we have speculation. It's not proven. It's a fear. Fine, but that doesn't mean we should be jumping into this with both feet, particularly because we have had witnesses testify that bulk water is not covered under NAFTA. We also have the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act, which covers bulk water, particularly as it pertains to boundary waters.
What I'd like to do is look at my Liberal colleagues across the way, because they've been sitting there rather quietly in all of this debate, and yet the position we're advocating here on this side is the position they advocated when they were the government.
So I'm wondering if you could explain to everybody here—particularly to me, because I'm the one posing the question, but I think everybody here would like to know—how it is that you had the same position as government when you were the government, and now you don't? Or do you not, actually? I don't know. I don't know where you're coming from. Could you elaborate on where you're coming from, as the Liberal members?