Mr. Speaker, I do not know whether I can answer all those questions. It might take some time.
First, let me point out one thing to the hon. member. I guess he has something against repetition.
Yes, the government has repeated certain points since the beginning of debate today. However I have been listening to the official opposition members and they have harped on the same thing over and over again. How many times have I heard them say that this was all the fault of the Canadian government?
If the hon. member is really serious maybe we would be more than happy to enter into a pact not to repeat anything that we say if members opposite will do the same. I doubt very much that he would enter into that kind of agreement.
Now he is suggesting that if we somehow had a better relationship between our Prime Minister and the president, this U.S. wave of protectionism would disappear into the ether.
Let me just advise the hon. member that in the last 20 years there have been four softwood lumber disputes. President Bush has not been there for 20 years. Our Prime Minister has not been here for 20 years. I suspect something else is at work other than what he is suggesting.
The hon. member has also suggested that perhaps we should open up the NAFTA package or even the free trade agreement that was consummated in 1988. Is that what he is seriously suggesting?
If he thinks that the free trade agreement and NAFTA are working quite well does he and his Alliance Party want to open them up? I would ask him to ponder on that for a little while.