Madam Speaker, I wish to draw one point to the attention of my colleague. On Friday, during question period, I raised this matter in the House. I have the minister's response. I have to say that, before I had the response, I too was perhaps less encouraged. However, now that I have it, I am more encouraged. I would like to share this response with the members of the House.
In response to my question, the Minister of International Trade told the House:
Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the hon. member—
Let me assure the House that the Minister of Agriculture and I will work as hard as we possibly can, leaving no stone unturned, to protect supply management and our milk producers. The number one thing that we have to get through is the WTO negotiations where we have worked to date, along with the supply management, to protect those industries.
This is a translation of the English, in which the minister's words were “leaving no stone unturned”.
That is much more forceful than the French translation. It means, rather, that nothing will keep us from protecting supply management.
If the hon. member will read Friday's Hansard , I think he will feel, like me, a little more encouraged in the light of what the Minister of International Trade said. I would ask for his reaction.