Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his very insightful question. It demonstrates that he understands that what happens in other parts of the world affects Canada. That is why we are in Kyoto. That is why we are pursuing trade liberalization around the world. We are not going to let a temporary blip in the economies of other countries deter us from pursuing that as far as we possibly can.
Canada is part of the world now and it is time the opposition parties recognized that.