Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. It is not easy.
I think that the solution would come from an agreement within the FTAA or from a hypothetical comprehensive free trade agreement at the WTO, which would make it possible to bypass regional agreements by making them obsolete. That being said, textile mills that would no longer have to move to the United States would probably choose to move to poorer countries, and we would not be better off.
I believe that we need to protect Canadian textiles the same way the Americans do. Yes, a little protectionism would be in order. We should also ensure that developing countries have the same ISO 9000 standards, that is no child labour and no slave labour. We would probably be more competitive compared to these countries.