Hon. Pierre Pettigrew (Minister of International Trade, Lib.)Mr. Speaker, we have already asked the World Trade Organization to look into six elements of the American strategy and we know full well it will decide in favour of Canada, because we have always been right on this.
Our objective is essentially to continue with the litigation and carry on discussions with the Americans at the same time, in order to come up with a solid and long term solution.
I will have an opportunity tomorrow to talk with Mr. Racicot, who was appointed by the president of the United States, and I can assure members of one thing: he will understand exactly where we stand on this issue.