But why not? Listen, I can't understand why DFAIT, through the embassy in Washington and all the other means through which you should be monitoring U.S. policy activity on an issue that is so critical to us in this country...that nobody was talking to the administration before.
As a second question, then, has DFAIT or any other ministry raised these kinds of concerns over this jobs plan in other broader discussions--perimeter security, defence cooperation, and those areas? Are you raising our concerns in those other discussions?
I know there are umpteen discussions going on with the U.S. Are we going to sit back and say, “Well, we'll give you perimeter security”, or, “Well, we'll sell you more oil”, when they're taking jobs right out of Canada's hands? Have there been any discussions in those areas?