Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the official opposition for his question. He talked about broad based public consultation. This is the first time in the history of our trade negotiations that a parliamentary committee has travelled across Canada before the negotiations started to canvass Canadians on their priorities, interests and concerns for the upcoming WTO negotiations.
Let us face the fact that the WTO is a brand new organization. It only came into existence in 1995 and it may not be perfect. We listened to those concerns, because we cannot make it better if we do not understand what the problems are. That was the reason we went, and we will continue to go.
If my hon. colleague would look at the WTO report again he would see that there is a specific recommendation that there continue to be an ongoing role for parliamentarians to look at the impacts and the effects of trade agreements. The process does not stop here. It will be ongoing. I hope that the member, who is now a member of the committee, will continue to be there to canvass societal interests across Canada.