Mr. Speaker, I can quote some of the conclusions and even produce the report. Mr. Roh's main conclusion is as follows: An independent Quebec would have no automatic entitlement to existing trade agreements such as NAFTA, the World Trade Organization agreement and the Auto Pact. Accession to these agreements would have to be negotiated.
Second conclusion: American law does not allow the President of the United States to grant an independent Quebec access to the trade advantages it enjoys at the present time as part of Canada, until such time as Congress approves and implements such accession.
In addition, it would be a long and difficult process to negotiate accession by an independent Quebec to the WTO, NAFTA and the Auto Pact. Bowing to congressional and private sector pressures, American negotiators would try to obtain changes in key sectors such as agriculture.