Mr. Speaker, having been in government previously, I know that when our ears are to the ground we know what is coming and we do not wait until all of a sudden it shows up in the media to say that my goodness, we have a problem. Granted, these are unique times and the U.S. is acting out of fear and so on, but part of the Conservative government's role more so than anyone else's is to make sure its ears are to the ground.
In respect to the so-called coalition issue, there was no discussion about anyone who was going to violate the NAFTA agreement or any other agreement. Critically those are important, and a country does not move forward by violating agreements that were duly signed and have clearly been of benefit to Canadians and to Canada.