Mr. Chairman, I thank the hon. minister. When I look at the trade figures we have with other countries, not just underdeveloped countries, my concern is that the Canadian government seems to have been a very poor trader. We have deficits with the majority of countries. The United States is practically the only country with which we have a trade surplus.
The government should be vigilant. We should make trade deals with these countries that benefit us to some extent. We cannot be at the short end of the stick all of the time. With the $500 billion deficit we already have, we have to improve our trading practices to increase revenue.
I would ask the minister and the government to be very vigilant in improving our trading practices because we have to become better businessmen.