Madam Speaker, I certainly share the conviction of the member that the Canada-U.S. relationship is very important. However, looking at the record of the government, the Prime Minister has sat across the table now from three different U.S. presidents.
Under Obama, we heard that there was a bromance. It appears that it was a one-sided bromance because we were not able to get any concessions in important areas. We failed to resolve issues around softwood lumber and other issues. When Donald Trump took office, the Prime Minister right away said that we would love to renegotiate NAFTA, and made further concessions. Now we have a new President. He did not run on a “make Canada happy again” slogan, and he cancelled Keystone right away.
We have had three presidents sitting across the table from the Prime Minister, and we have had dramatic failures when it comes to energy, agricultural producers, softwood lumber and getting any kind of commitments around “buy America”, so the problem seems to be on this side of the border in terms of our ability to stand up for our own interests. When is the Prime Minister going to acknowledge these failures and start getting serious about standing up for Canada?