Mr. Speaker, I did not think we would do petitions today, but I have a number of petitions from Canadians who were concerned about the multilateral agreement that was being negotiated at the OECD.
I am sure these petitioners welcome the collapse of the talks on the MAI. They are nevertheless concerned that the government continues to pursue MAI-like agreements. They therefore call upon parliament to reject the current framework of MAI negotiations and instruct the government to seek an entirely different agreement by which the world might achieve a rules based global trading regime that protects workers, the environment and the ability of governments to act in the public interest.