That is a good question, Mr. Bains.
The DFAIT study you referred to, which was prepared as part of the environmental assessment process but is the only official economy-wide study the government has conducted so far, assumes there are no job impacts as a result of the FTA. But remember, the model assumes there is full employment. It's a computerized general equilibrium model that assumes there is full employment of all resources, including all willing workers in the country. You can't prove there are not going to be job effects with an economic model that assumes workers will always be fully employed.
We have reviewed the critique of our study. Remember, our study is based on the actual experience we've had with the past five free trade agreements we've signed and the impact of those free trade agreements on both exports and imports. In almost every case our imports grew much faster than our exports. Interestingly, the DFAIT study assumes exactly the opposite. They expect Canada's exports to Korea to grow at a rate that is two or three times as fast as our imports from Korea, which is completely at odds with historical experience, both our historical experience with Korea and with other free trade agreements.
I still believe the CAW's approach is the most rooted in actual numbers, rather than unrealistic assumptions.