Mr. Chairman, I have a couple of questions for the member for Palliser. In his remarks he alluded to the fact that the results of previous negotiations have not shown through in terms of the U.S. and the Europeans levelling the playing field as they were supposed to under negotiations.
He said that a member of the government said earlier that our pockets were not as deep as the Europeans. If that comment was made, could the member tell us who made it? This is not a poor country from my point of view.
If members in this Chamber are saying that our government does not have pockets as deep as the Europeans and the Americans then they are sending a message to our opponents that they can just wait us out.
Does the member know what the consequences would be of taking the position that our pockets are not deep enough? What becomes of our farmers in the meantime if that is the case?