When we're looking at what's in Canada's best interest, we're looking at a number of different things. First of all, are we opening up new opportunities across all sectors of our economy? Are we opening up opportunities across all regions of our economy?
We want to make sure that our core values and our core interests are not in any way compromised when we forge new investment and trade agreements around the world.
We want to make sure that, at the end of the day, the tools that we're adopting and putting into place are actually driving economic prosperity long term in Canada.
These aren't quick fixes. Mr. Easter mentioned that he felt that trade wasn't being generated by the initiatives we've undertaken. The reality is these initiatives take 5, 10, 15, 20 years to actually take root and bear fruit.