Mr. Speaker, the minister has admitted that, even in cabinet discussions, the government does not respect provincial jurisdictions.
I would like to bring up another matter. Since NAFTA's extraordinary challenge ruling, the government has continued to provide no direction to the industry. First, the trade minister wanted to negotiate away our victory, then he changed his mind. Now we are hearing more mixed messages from the Prime Minister, softening his previous position on no negotiations.
Does the Prime Minister understand that mixed messages only encourage American aggressiveness and weaken the Canadian position?