Mr. Speaker, that is open to debate. If we talk about the fact that we need to increase the economic performance of developing countries, not only for humanitarian reasons, but also to improve international trade, the general preferential tariff has its place.
Countries like Kazakhstan, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are not currently in a position to compete with Canada. They must secure access to our markets to be able to develop. However, the government's reason for placing those countries in the same category as developed countries such as South Korea or China is not valid.