Madam Speaker, the member pushed the fact that we need to carve the shipbuilding industry out of the trade agreement.
We know what it means to rush into a trade agreement. We only have to look at what happened with the softwood lumber agreement.
In my riding of Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing we are in the process of retrofitting a ship, so I know what it takes. In order to retrofit that boat, we are going to need skilled labour, such as electricians, plumbers and technologists, not just people who actually build boats.
We have a shortage of skilled labour. I wonder if the member could elaborate on how Canada could lose a lot of opportunities to get new skilled labour online.