Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the member that pork producers are strongly in favour of this agreement and have lauded us for getting this deal done.
I would remind the member that this negotiation started under a Liberal government and it never got it done. It took a Conservative government to conclude negotiations with Korea in a way that represented significant benefit to our economy.
I would also remind that Liberal member of the sorry history of the former Liberal government on trade. Over 13 long years, how many trade agreements did it get done? It was three.
This government in a short eight years has concluded free trade agreements with 38 different countries around the world, and there are more to come.
We will not take lessons from the Liberals on trade. We are the ones who have credibility on trade.