Mr. Chairman, I'm going to speak in support of Mr. Easter's motion.
As you know, the official opposition, the New Democrats, put in a motion two weeks ago to have a study of the Canada-China FIPA. In my office we're getting hundreds of emails and concerns from Canadians across the country about this very major investment agreement, which I understand has taken many years to negotiate and may be passed by this government without any debate.
It's vitally important that we have a briefing. I reiterate my call to the government to put this before a committee so that we can hear from stakeholders across the country, businesses, provinces, investors.
This is a good motion, but it's only a partial motion that merely begins to address the very important issues Canadians want us to deal with.