Mr. Speaker, I say to the hon. member that there has never been any doubt in any of the statements that have been made by the member for Burnaby—Douglas on behalf of the NDP as trade critic; by myself, formerly the trade critic; or by our leader that we are going to Quebec City to be in solidarity with the people who want to peacefully protest against the free trade area of the Americas.
I was in Seattle representing the NDP. This was not inconsistent with what we will be doing in Quebec. It was not inconsistent with what had been done before. Tens of thousands of people in Seattle were demonstrating against the World Trade Organization who had nothing to do with the planning, the executing or the approving of the actions of a minority of protesters who had a different philosophy that chose to break windows.
There are people who are against any kind of world governance. We have already said we are not against a multilateral rules based economy. We want one that is designed not in the interests of multinational corporations but in the interests of the well-being of all peoples. That means we have to include core labour standards and environmental standards, et cetera, all the things that the corporations do not want included in these agreements.
I thank the hon. member for the question, but the answer is something that has been given many times by myself and other New Democrats.