Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry. The Canadian provinces and the federal government agreed on the terms of an agreement on interprovincial trade. The federal government is now using Bill C-88 to give itself powers that were never discussed during negotiations or when the agreement was signed.
How does the Minister of Industry, who claims to be co-operating with the provinces, to be a reliable partner and to act openly, explain that at no time was the Quebec government, or the Ontario government, for that matter, ever consulted on Bill C-88?