Madam Speaker, first, I have not caught the Liberal disease but my colleague, who probably has it, may one day succumb to it.
I want to remind him that the reason the Bloc Québécois has introduced a motion in this House, is certainly not because we were satisfied with what the minister in question said when he went before the WTO.
It is precisely because of Canada's brief to the WTO that the Bloc has introduced this motion. I am grateful that the government, shortly before an election either very soon or this fall, has decided to rally. The problem is that we cannot trust it. I remember a passage from the brief, which was translated into French,
The problem: negotiations involve compromise.
Supply-managed producers of eggs, poultry and dairy products, the textile and clothing industry, and certain service sectors will probably object to any changes that would lead to increased foreign competition.
It has already been acknowledged that there will be changes. All the good partisan Liberals should know that the industry will indeed experience some ups and downs and we have to be prepared.
The problem is that although the hon. member for Montcalm introduced this motion and it was unanimously passed by the House—and I am very proud of that—we have to make sure the Liberal government stops beating around the bush and starts defending the agricultural industry so that, regardless the negotiations, we do not always end up losing, but winning for our farmers and Quebeckers.