Mr. Speaker, I was on the subcommittee on trade disputes which considered this issue with the hon. member. I know of her concern for the cultural and arts sector.
What bothers me a little bit is it seems to me we are talking about a big agreement here that has the potential for benefiting a lot of sectors. Culture is one of them, but there are a lot of sectors that could enjoy more investment. There are a lot of Canadian businesses that are investing outside our country and which need the protection this kind of agreement would provide, protection for non-discrimination, protection for expropriation.
The member has suggested we should walk away from this unless we get this broad self-judging exemption for our cultural industry—