Madam Speaker, this question allows me to set the record straight.
First of all, I am pleased that the NDP has decided to support the Bloc Québécois motion. It will now stop living in the past. The problem is that the NDP members are always living in the past. in this case the Bloc Québécois is not to blame. An entire industry and not just one man—Guy Chevrette or whoever—wanted the agreement. The entire Quebec industry wanted it. In fact, not just the Quebec industry, but the Canadian industry as well.
As I mentioned, we can always go back over the past but in these international debates, the pattern never changes. The Americans know very well that by the time the winners lose they will all be dead. That is what will happen and what they are doing. They know very well that in the end Canada will win. However, they are sucking the life out of the industry. For that reason we must have loan guarantees. That is the reality. No matter what Americans may think, let us get going and help our companies. If we can support our industries and get them through this crisis, the winners will triumph in two ways: they will have weathered the crisis and they will have money in their pockets. In addition, there will be a nice surplus allowing them to increase employees' wages. Perhaps the NDP should step into 2009 and stop living in the past.