Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary in being succinct as usual has been accurate in his reflection of the facts as he was referring to me. I did not want to be self-effusive. His comments about me were what I was talking about.
There were a number of issues raised in committee. I spoke about valuation. I would like to spend another moment speaking on that because it was certainly the most contentious issue. In fairness, other matters were raised, of which the parliamentary secretary spoke, which were resolved during the meeting. As a member of the finance committee I was very impressed with the willingness of witnesses and officials to actually work out solutions to problems that needed to be addressed immediately.
On the issue of valuation, witnesses might have gone away from the meeting not feeling totally satisfied that we were able to accommodate them. The issue really boiled down to whether the proposals in Bill C-102 were in line with the actions and policies of our U.S. trading partner and the European communities. We were not persuaded that there was that much difference.
The WTO panel will look at Bill C-102, once enacted, and will let us know whether it is consistent with our obligations to our trading partners around the world.