Madam Speaker, indeed, the Canada-China FIPA was a Conservative agreement. It was a terrible agreement, and we need to get investor-state dispute settlements out of every agreement that we have around the world.
There have been calls in Parliament for party leaders and members to sign a trade agreement with India. What about Prime Minister Modi's campaign to disenfranchise 195 million Muslims in that country? What about the oppressive and anti-democratic actions taken by the Indian central government in Kashmir and the jailing of journalists?
Canada must take democracy, human rights and the environment into consideration when deepening trade relations with other countries. We must hold ourselves and our trade partners to a higher standard. Let us work toward an international system of trade that we are proud to leave our children and grandchildren.