Well, Mr. Shory, it's not only my name that's Fast. Ever since our government was elected in 2006, we have focused on trade. Trade is critical to our long-term prosperity. If we want to see economic growth, if we want to create jobs, we're going to have to identify new markets and we're going to have to shore up existing markets and expand them. That's why we've been aggressive in exploring new trade relationships. We've negotiated trade relationships with nine different countries and we're negotiating with many more. It is my hope that as we do so we will continue to build long-term prosperity for Canadian families, who rely on trade and economic growth to pay off mortgages, to send their kids to college, and to save for retirement.
On October 6th, 2011. See this statement in context.