Madam Speaker, it is very rewarding to hear the Conservative Party supporting this motion in that we need a fuller debate across the country and in this House.
The hon. member talked about the need for a broad cultural exemption and the support the Conservative party would have for that. Consider NAFTA, the free trade trade agreement with the United States that his party negotiated. We also have an exemption for culture, but the Americans have the right to retaliate in kind.
Considering that most of the pressure for culture would probably come from the United States, I am wondering how the member would see the MAI moving that process forward, considering that we have an exemption which essentially has a counter balancing part under the NAFTA.