Mr. Speaker, I cannot help but agree with the hon. member that one does have to bargain from a position of strength.
He did mention gas and pipelines. That refers to linkage in the argument. One thing many Canadians across the country have asked me and our party is why Canada does not just turn off the lights and the gas lines to America until it comes to its senses and gets rid of this.
I am asking the official opposition, is that the opposition policy or does it think that what the government should be doing is adding linkage to the discussion? How angry are we? Will we stand up for our agriculture producers and our softwood lumber producers by shutting down the gas and the electricity from Quebec or the natural gas from Nova Scotia in order to teach the Americans a lesson? Is it referring to that in that type of argument? Because if it is, it would be a great debate, one that I would love to participate in.