Thank you.
Thank you to the witnesses also for coming here.
In my riding of Calgary Northeast, I had a clear message that free trade is always good for business, good for Canadians. When I heard Mr. Dias this morning, I quickly went to do some research on this, and what I found out was a little disturbing. Even before the CETA was tabled or declared here in Canada, in August, I read one of your statements. You were asked a question, and you simply said that in 2015, “We will do what we can to make sure that Conservatives are defeated.” This was before, and today I heard that you are absolutely against the CETA.
Then I went a little further. I read that the CEP, one of the merger unions, endorses the NDP. When you were asked the question on whether you would endorse the NDP in 2015, you particularly said, “We will do whatever it takes to defeat the Conservatives”. So your position is clear. You work with the NDP hand in hand—your union.
I like bluntness.