Mr. Speaker, leave it to the NDP not to understand the importance of investment to Canada. That aside, negotiations respecting multilateral investment will be undertaken very carefully by the government. A number of criteria have been established which we have effectively enforced over the last few years in screening investments either on the part of Investment Canada or in the context of cultural policies.
As we move forward trying to find opportunities to liberalize investment, not just into Canada but on the part of Canadians elsewhere, we know that what we will gain from this is increased market access and better export sales by companies into other countries every billion dollars of which results in 8,000 jobs for Canadians from every part of Canada.