Mr. Speaker, the member is chair of the committee on international trade and we have heard a lot today about the importance of engaging legislators in the U.S., not simply focusing on the administration or on the White House but focusing on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and working the legislators because they are so powerful. There are 435 congressmen and 100 senators, and when we look at trade and protectionist policies that can have such an effect on Canada and our economy. We really ought to deepen those relationships.
As chair of the Standing Committee on International Trade, would the member agree that the committee ought to go to Washington very soon and have very structured meetings with as many legislators as we can, legislators particularly in the trade committee and appropriations committee, and some of the other key committees to make the case that Canada-U.S. trade is actually really good for the American economy. There are seven million American jobs created by the Canada-U.S. trade relationship. We ought to be making that case, not just during a crisis, but as we move forward we should be making that case fervently and building those relationships.