Mr. Speaker, it should not come as a surprise to any of us that the Liberals are so enamoured with Bill C-9. The bill has all kinds of flaws, dutifully pointed out by many in the House and by organizations which are expert in this whole area. It comes as no surprise given the fact that it was the Liberals who tried to slip through Parliament and into public policy the multilateral agreement on investment. Thank goodness there were Canadians who said it was dangerous and problematic. Thank heavens there was enough pressure to bear to stop the MAI.
Today we have this proposition before us through Bill C-9 which has problems of the same nature that we identified with respect to the MAI. We also have on our plates the SPP, the security and prosperity partnership agreement, which evokes all kinds of images about lack of transparency and accountability, executive power and power by the international corporate elite.
Is there a pattern here? If the Liberals were in support of the MAI, and in fact they propelled the issue of the multilateral agreement on investment onto the public agenda, if they are in support of Bill C-9, which is clearly problematic in terms of the power of the World Bank, are they also in favour of the SPP?