Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question and it is often asked by the NDP and other members. That is why the free trade area of the agreement is going to be pursued.
We have to develop a rules base to improve the horrible situation in the maquiladoras in Mexico, where there are no labour or environmental standards whatsoever. We have the opportunity today and will have it in April to develop a rules based system to ensure that we have fair labour standards. Workers in the maquiladoras will then be able to say that the company must adhere to the standards because it was signed in the free trade agreement of the Americas.
We will have good environmental standards so that mines will not be able to dump tailings and poison the rivers in South America and Central America. We will have standards of democracy and human rights that will be respected across this hemisphere.
That is what the agreement is about. This is what the challenge is about. I am sure members from the NDP would like to ask questions along the same line. I hope they put their efforts into working toward solutions to these challenges.