Mr. Speaker, there is one principle in which I believe and that is that one must be convinced one's self before one can convince anyone else.
I would like to remind the member who just spoke that, prior to 1993, the Liberals were in favour of ending the Free Trade Agreement—“scrapping” it, as they put it. The problem has gone on for a year now.
I am thrilled to hear the member talk about it today, but I wonder why he is doing so. Is it because the Ontario members were less concerned about this, given that it may not have been as important, or that it did not have as great an impact as in British Columbia or Quebec, where 25% of the production takes place?
Will he tell me why they took so long and why their resolve to convince the United States to do something is so weak?