Mr. Speaker, I must say that the Minister for International Trade, which I have been for the past year, has fought for transparency throughout the Americas. We were successful in Buenos Aires in gaining the consent of all countries to make the draft free trade agreement public. Canada directed an effort of remarkable transparency, a successful effort.
We do not need any sermons from the Bloc Quebecois member who always resorts to personal insult, to making accusations of flip flops and of lack of transparency, to laying all the blame on us. This is a deplorable way of focussing on the remarkable efforts being made by our government and our international trade policy.
My position on chapter 11 is unchanged and absolutely clear: Chapter 11 serves the interests of our investors and our policies well.
What I called for, and what our government wants, is to clarify within the mechanisms set out by NAFTA certain interpretations that have been made by the courts so that they may be taken into account in future. Obviously, we will be taking into account the improvements I would like to see in the free trade area of the Americas.