So it would be fair to say, then, probably, that the only ones who seem to be in a position where they're left guessing, if you want to put it that way, are the MPs who are elected from across the country to represent constituents Canada-wide, because we don't know the details. I think that's a troublesome thing. I'll just make that point. Maybe the government could consider being a little less secret and a little more transparent.
On the labour and environment side, you did day that wage costs are one of the principal Indian advantages. No question: if you lose your suitcase now with Air Canada, you're calling an Indian call centre. I'm rather sensitive on call centres, because both in New Brunswick and in Prince Edward Island we have had call centres pull out on very little notice and move to India or elsewhere in the world.
Also, I don't think it's a good policy to have a trade agreement that is going to force wages down in our own country. How do we get around that? What do you sense that could be in this trade agreement to protect especially our wage levels and our health and safety standards? I mean, I looked at today's Globe and Mail. There was a huge fire in Bangladesh. Somewhere around 1,100 people burned to death. The doors were locked. They couldn't get out. It was a six-storey building, a garment factory. I don't think that's what we should be competing against.
I'm not saying that's the case all over India, but we are competing against health and safety standards that are much less stringent than ours, and wages that are not much above slave rates. How do we protect ourselves?