Madam Speaker, it is fairly clear and it is on record that the minister of trade had been dealing with these issues long before this. He met with the provinces, and I know he met with the province of British Columbia, to warn them of the consequences and to look at how we could deal with the issue well before it got to this point.
I would say to my hon. colleague from British Columbia that he might also try to be very clear on the history of how this has been going on with the government and with the provinces.