Mr. Speaker, I will not apologize for standing up for dairy farmers in my riding. It is not that article XI was indefensible. The member has it wrong. That is not what happened. If he thinks that is what happened he is mistaken.
I say to the hon. member and all hon. members that article XI was clearly defensible. It was a very good system. We gradually lost the supporters we had among other nations. That does not mean the system was bad, but we ended up on the very last day with 115 to 1. We were the only country that still wanted it. That does not mean it was bad. It was still good. We were trading with other nations and 115 of them were saying that it was no longer there.
It is like the National Hockey League deciding that every team except one is to disband. We could wish the league to exist but if it only had one team it would no longer be there. That is easy for anyone in the House to understand, particularly after last night's debate.