I think Canada punches way above its weight in trade negotiation because we are such a trade-dependent nation. At least two-thirds of our economy is dependent on trade, so threats to trade are significant threats to us.
Trade agreements have tended to be milestones on a path by which Canada has become one of the more effective trading nations in the world, and you can see that agreements.... I really liked your comment about how this is a sort of an organic process. The most important provision in any trade agreement is the one that says “and we can keep talking about this stuff”, because you're never going to get it exactly right. There's no moment at which you graduate and say that you have your diploma and you're finished. All of those things, such as my colleagues here have been raising, still need to be worked on. At a certain point, the nations have to sign on, but the concept that it's an unmoving contract is false.