Mr. Speaker, the first thing I will tell them is that there was nothing in those regulations that prevents trade of defence products between the two countries. There are some new regulations being applied to govern the nature of those trades. We think they restrict against the exemptions that have been established for many years. The kind of fearmongering by the hon. member that all these contracts being lost is simply not the reality.
We will talk to the Americans to see if we can restore things to the status quo.