Mr. Speaker, my friend in the Conservative Party gave an eloquent defence of protectionism in the area of culture. He suggested that we need to have that. However, would my friend agree that culture really is in the eye of the beholder and that when it is in the eye of the beholder it makes it impossible to defend through any type of protectionist measure?
I wonder if my friend would not agree that when we start putting up barriers to protect culture, ultimately what we are doing is putting up barriers to protect somebody's very narrow definition of what that constitutes. I would argue that is the wrong way to do it because everybody has a different view of what constitutes culture. What we are doing is leaving it to bureaucrats and politicians to make those decisions.
I ask my friend, what is his definition of culture? How can we protect culture in Canada with legislation when it means something different to everyone?