Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on his speech. I agree with him: we can feel the optimism from the President of the United States, Mr. Obama.
However, the only thing we have to go on is the words spoken by the president in a television interview. It was not something he said in a major speech before the Senate. It was not something he said in front of the Leaders of the Senate or the House of Representatives.
Is the hon. member confident that the Obama administration will go before the Senate and the House of Representatives with those words that will ensure a period of global cooperation? Is he confident that the president will win the support of American politicians who, for the most part, are democratic but have a history of being protectionist?