Mr. Chairman, quite clearly we are on opposite sides of the spectrum. The NDP is anti-free trade and has expressed that view all along. On every single free trade agreement and on the FTAA they are protesting this.
How do we get health care? How do we get access to drugs? We do it through a strong economy. Without jobs and a strong economy, we would not have a public health care system and we would not have access to drugs.
The reality is that since we have had free trade agreements, our economies with our trading partners, as in NAFTA, have more than doubled since their inception. NAFTA has created more wealth in this country and abroad. It has created more opportunities and has created an opportunity for us to have our social programs.
We should not deny this to developing nations. We should give them every opportunity by entering into trade agreements so that they too can have access to these kinds of programs, so that they too can have stronger economies and access to public health care. That is how we will achieve these goals.