Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend for his intervention and also thank him for actually supporting the motion.
Our government has done a lot of work behind the scenes to oppose the protectionist measures that the U.S. is suggesting might be implemented. In fact, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes.
I noticed that the member acknowledged that in the province of Quebec one of the main focuses is to expand Quebec's trading opportunities to other countries around the world and not just the U.S. He also spent a lot of time attacking the very free trade agreements our government has been signing in order to expand our own national opportunities in trade around the world.
I am wondering if he is aware of the experience in Chile. I sat in on the international trade committee when the Colombia free trade agreement was being discussed. The testimony at that committee was very clear that after Chile signed its free trade agreement with Canada, its human rights record actually improved. I am wondering if the member is aware of that, and whether he would not expect the same with some of the other countries with which we have signed agreements, for example, Colombia and Peru.