Mr. Speaker, the hon. member spoke about relationships, and I have two questions.
First, does she believe the focus of the current Conservative government over the last three years, almost exclusively on relationships with the Bush Republicans, has jeopardized our capacity now to build relationships with the Democrats? There has not been a lot of engagement with the Democrats and they now control both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Second, does she believe that the relationships the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada has with people like Larry Summers, who is now the top economic adviser to President Obama, or Samantha Power, one of the top foreign policy advisers to President Obama, or Cass Sunstein, who is the regulatory czar in the new Obama administration, those deep personal and professional relationships between the leader of the Liberal Party and the Obama administration, stand to strengthen Canada's capacity to negotiate to defend Canadian interests?