Mr. Speaker, it is a tough question to answer, particularly if we take the government at its word.
One worry is that there may be a sincerity issue here. I raised that issue on the point about cheese. The Liberals say it is going to be a leverage point to get the U.K. back at the table, yet they are not going to make any concessions on that. They are swearing up and down that they do not like investor-state dispute settlement clauses and that they are glad to see them gone, yet they somehow keep popping up in Canada's agreements. Somebody has to be advocating for these things, so who is it?
Whose interests is the government really representing and fighting for at the international bargaining table? If we look at the evidence, one has to draw the conclusion that Liberal and Conservative governments for the last 30 years have been there to represent the interests of multinational corporations far more than the interests of everyday working Canadians.