Well, we were concerned that.... I wasn't with the council at that time, but I think, in general, civil society was concerned that NAFTA would open the “giant sucking sound”. Remember the giant sucking sound that Ross Perot talked about in the United States in regard to seeing the loss of jobs? We've seen that. That has come to pass. Canada's manufacturing sector has been severely affected by our free trade agreements, because labour standards and labour costs are lower in other places. That's where producers are going to produce their products, specifically in China—
On April 22nd, 2013. See this statement in context.