Madam Chair, I would like to know if the member could explain to me why the government in the last 18 months has not made a constant effort to put a lobby group in the Asian market. The Americans are over there lobbying every day. As we speak, they are there lobbying. They work at it day in and day out. Believe me, they are not lobbying on behalf of Canadians. They are lobbying on behalf of the Americans.
At the same time, I am wondering why after the election--I do not know why it did not happen before the election--Canada did not have a group constantly in the States. I do not mean to visit for a day or two and then come home. Why did we not send a constant group of people made up of parliamentarians, provincial people, industry people, consumers and some of our friends across the border who also want the border open? Why is this not being done? What is the reluctance? Why do we always come up with massive multi-million dollar programs that nobody can fulfill, nobody can understand and nobody benefits from?
Why are we not doing some very active things? Why are we not there now, today, making sure that every one of the congressmen understand the problem? I can assure the member that a lot of them do not even know there is a problem. There is a lack of action or lack of initiative. I would ask the member to explain to me why the government has not taken some very simple but concrete actions such as those being taken south of the border.