Mr. Speaker, the leader of the NDP has awakened to the intensely competitive global marketplace.
In a news release today she said the only answer is for Canadians to work together to find solutions. That is exactly what we have been doing as a government since 1993. We are fighting for fair access in markets around the world.
Team Canada trade missions take advantage of that access. We have more research and development, more diversification, more value added economic growth. Canadian dependency on raw commodities has been cut from over 60% in 1980 to about 35% today.
The nation has been rid of its deficit and we already—