Mr. Speaker, I would like to be able to finish my response.
New Democrats would like to be able to support free trade agreements. We supported the free trade agreement with Jordan. I was in the House when we voted for it, and I was very proud to do so. I was looking forward to supporting this one. I looked at the 13 amendments that the NDP critic put forward after a great deal of thoughtful deliberation, and if major amendments had been accepted, the NDP would have been rising in a wave. We would have been on our feet voting for this.
We take our parliamentary duties very seriously. We have to do due diligence and protect the environment, labour rights and Canadian jobs.