Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the last presentation by the member opposite. I am glad that he brought up the area of the Jones Act, an early 1920's act. I know that he is a small businessman and has experience negotiating.
In order to do away with the Jones Act, there was an opportunity during the trade negotiations, including NAFTA, to hit that straight on. By Canada giving up cards and not getting the Jones Act straightened out, it leaves us no choice but to go into the OECD and WTO negotiations with an item that needs to be discussed and moved forward. The Jones Act should really have been tackled by the previous government when it had the Canadian cards to be able to discuss that item. I would be interested in the hon. member's comments.