Mr. Speaker, I will ask the minister a very simple question and treat this debate with the seriousness it deserves. When will the minister be going back to Washington? He indicates that he has been there. When will he be going back?
When will the Prime Minister be going to Washington to sit across the table and look eyeball to eyeball with the U.S. administration and President Bush and have this discussion?
My producers in Palliser are devastated. The negative impact of this crisis has been very far reaching. It has decimated an entire industry. People are looking for help from this government. Can anyone from this government tell us when this border is going to open?
The Prime Minister's dithering and deception regarding missile defence has left this government with precious little credibility. The U.S. president was not even returning the Prime Minister's phone calls. If the Liberals do not think there is a link between trade disputes and missile defence, they can ask Frank McKenna and he will draw it for them.
When will the globe-trotting Prime Minister be going to Washington to--