Mr. Speaker, clearly Canadian interests would be adversely affected if the bill were to be implemented as it is currently drafted. For example, if enacted the provisions of the bill would violate the obligations on the United States in both the NAFTA and the new World Trade Organization. We have, therefore, protested most strongly to the United States.
As my colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has made abundantly clear, we have no intention of accepting the United States' attempts to impose on third countries its embargo on Cuba.
Finally, Canada, along with countries of the European Union and in the western hemisphere, have protested most strongly to the United States, to the state department, to the administration, and in my own case to the U.S. trade representative, to register our strong opposition to the present bill.