Mr. Speaker, with one in five jobs in Canada dependent upon exports, our government understands the importance of opening new markets. That is why we have launched the most ambitious pro-trade plan in Canadian history.
Our government has signed or concluded free trade agreements with 38 countries, including the recent Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Canada's first free trade agreement in Asia, and the historic Canada-European agreement in principle. Others include Colombia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Honduras, Jordan, Panama, and Peru.
Of course, the NDP opposed all of our free trade agreements. The NDP is stuck in the past. It wants to close the Canadian market.
On this side of the House, we know that there is no better job creator than free and open trade.