Mr. Speaker, let me first congratulate my hon. friend on being appointed the critic for international trade for the NDP.
Second, we are doing no such thing in terms of undermining Canadian sovereignty. On the contrary if there has ever been a government in the last number of years that has always stood up for Canada, it is this one.
I have written the member and the other trade critics. I have told them that among a number of issues once the foreign affairs and international trade committee is constituted MAI is one of those issues on which I wish to hear the views of that committee. I think he knows that perfectly well.