Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge my colleague who just gave the speech, but I wonder if she would acknowledge that the general preferential tariff was established in the 1970s and has not been thoroughly reviewed since that time. It gave an advantage to countries like China and South Korea, which had privileged access to Canada in terms of competing with Canadian businesses. It seems a bit like crocodile tears when the opposition members say we do not provide the necessary support to Canadian businesses while on the other hand they are against the changes we are proposing, which will actually make it much more fair in terms of competing.
In the House of Commons on April 15th, 2013. See this statement in context.