Mr. Speaker, the Canadian input was not indicated on the shirt or on the packaging.
The United States did not hesitate to protect their textile industry by opening their border to apparel from all over the world, provided such imports were made with American thread. Canada refused to do the same, with the result that Canadian textile plants are closing one after the other.
Why did the government refuse to do the same thing to protect the textile market, particularly considering that such a measure would not have cost it one penny, since it would simply have had to pass legislation?