Mr. Speaker, I think a lot of people in this place pay lip service to the idea of free trade, but sometimes we do not practise what we preach.
I specifically want to raise the issue of tariffs still in place in Canada on products like textiles. It always strikes me as odd that on the one hand we are prepared to send all kinds of aid, for instance, to Caribbean countries to help them out because in some cases they are in difficult circumstances, but on the other hand we will not open up our markets to textiles, for instance.
I wonder if the minister could explain why we have taken that position and why we will not reduce these tariffs in order to ensure that the people in the Caribbean have a chance to prosper in the way they should.