Fin Donnelly on Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act

In the House of Commons on September 30th, 2014. See this statement in context.

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity ActGovernment Orders

September 30th, 2014 / 11:50 a.m.

NDP

Fin Donnelly NDP New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC

Mr. Speaker, I listened with intent to my hon. colleague's comments, and he definitely made some good points.

However, since 2012, Canadian exporters have lost about 30% of their market share. When it comes to the EU and the U.S. implementing trade agreements with South Korea, they got preferential access.

I wonder if the member could comment on why the government has taken this long and why it was not able to negotiate as good a deal or a better deal than the U.S. and the EU on that?

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