Madam Speaker, does my Liberal colleague believe that having a free trade agreement will increase exports?
She has already given bananas and flowers as examples. Flowers have killed just about the entire market for flowers grown in Ontario and Quebec greenhouses. Tariffs are already so low that I do not see how trade could increase.
I have the feeling my colleague did not realize that what this agreement primarily does is make it easier for Canadians to invest in the mining sector.
Why did my colleague not talk about that and tell us what the agreement is really all about?