Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for the question and also for watching our convention this weekend.
He would have learned that of course New Democrats are in favour of trade, but what we support is fair trade, trade that will actually benefit Canadians and Canadian companies, not just give away things to all of the other countries out there.
NDP members support Canadian businesses and Canadian families, and when it comes to the tax increases that the Conservatives have put in this budget, we are not the only ones who are calling them out on this. The CEO of the Bank of Montreal had this to say, “One wonders if this doesn't potentially lead to even more of a problem on the price gap. I have to wonder if this isn't taking from one hand and piling on to the other...aggravating cross-border shopping.”
If the Conservatives are talking about trade, we are not going to see much because we are going to have all of our Canadian consumers going over to the U.S. to buy products because they keep raising the tariffs, making things more expensive for those in Canada.