Mr. Speaker, the vice-president of the European Commission is quite supportive of the position that Canada has taken. It has been well enunciated by the Prime Minister, my colleague the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and myself in indicating our objections to this bill and the extraterritorial measure of the United States as it applies to our country and people who trade with Cuba.
We believe it is fundamentally wrong. We are taking action with respect to NAFTA. We have issued a letter to our partner, the United States, to commence with consultations under NAFTA.
The European Union shares our concerns. In fact, we have had very wide support from many countries right around the world. We will be raising this matter, together with the European Union, in various international forums such as the World Trade Organization and the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development to get the kind of support needed so that the United States will exercise the necessary discretion not to implement this bill.