Madam Speaker, in terms of the first question, I had hoped at that time that we would have an opportunity to travel across the country. I have had a number of personal invitations to visit places across Canada to talk about the issue. I would encourage all hon. members to get out and talk about the issue. When the minister speaks, he can speak on behalf of the government.
It was the intention of our committee at that time to travel but because the negotiations were going on in January we did not have that opportunity. There are many groups that represent the different concerns of Canadians on that issue. We brought them here to make sure their points of view were expressed. I would encourage the government to put more effort into getting across the country to inform Canadians.
On the culture issue, I was disappointed in the Reform Party's recommendation not to protect the cultural industries which I feel have contributed to much job creation. There is much support in Canada on that issue. In terms of the protection, as was said earlier and as the minister stated, certainly Canada has put that on as one of the provisions it feels is a deal breaker. It feels if we do not get the protection that is needed, the Canadian government will not sign it.
The government has said on many occasions that if there is not a deal that is in the best interests of Canadians, it will not sign it. I would certainly encourage the minister not to sign any deal that does not protect Canadian culture and cultural industries.