Mr. Speaker, we are not only pleased but proud to announce that Canada's 1995 exports are 20.3 per cent higher than the same period last year.
Our trade surplus with the United States is nearly $5.4 billion higher than for the same period last year. To date our trade surplus with the world is more than $7.1 billion from 1994. This is testimony to the dynamic nature of the business women and men working together across the country.
Canada's membership in OPEC, the World Trade Organization and NAFTA places it in a position to do business in the international markets, unlike individual provinces.
This is testimony that on Monday if we want this prosperity to continue through trade, if we want jobs to increase through exports, we will vote no.