Mr. Chair, from listening to everyone's arguments, I think we have to clarify some of the things that have been said. I feel that this motion is still important. Some think it is useless and are making arguments that are not necessarily true or well-founded, in my opinion. Mr. Keddy said earlier that there can be no negotiations on trading water under NAFTA. I think it is crystal clear that NAFTA is a general free trade agreement and that means that it applies to all goods and services that are not excluded. For example, hydroelectric production, military purchases, banks, telecommunications companies and products under supply management are all sectors that are specifically excluded from NAFTA. But nowhere in NAFTA is it written that water is excluded. So we have to be careful.
I think this really confirms what a number of stakeholders came here to tell us about AbitibiBowater. As I said earlier, it is not just them, but also the public at large who are telling us to be cautious because water has to be fully protected. And NAFTA is not protecting it.
But Mr. Julian's motion is definitely aimed at preserving natural resources, in particular water, in Canada and Quebec.