Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the member opposite, who appears to be a champion of free trade.
I was in Japan last May, and I met a member of the Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce, who told us that consular services had been completely shut down at the embassy in Tokyo. This man had recruited 150 to 175 Japanese students who are paying to come study at Canadian universities. At the embassy, he was told that he could access our consular services in Manila or who knows where.
Is shutting down consular services in a country without notice really the way to talk about free trade? That is what I would like to know.