Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to point out some of the remarks that the very learned member for Saanich--Gulf Islands made with respect to free trade. He pointed out that the enormous amount of growth in our economy that principally has evolved from free trade and that we trade over $360 billion each year with the Americans. We have proven that trade actually can be very much a driver.
I would like to compliment the approach that the hon. member took in that there are always concerns about trade agreements. He commented that we could ratcheted some of the labour code issues up with emerging nations by dealing with a more developed nation like Canada. I also point out that we have had three provisions in those trade agreements on which we must maintain our sovereignty, those being environment, culture and our labour code.
What does the hon. member have to say about those other two additions that help us maintain our sovereignty with respect to the environment and culture, in addition to our labour codes?