Madam Speaker, I find it amazing that we have Conservatives who truly want to believe that they are in a better position to negotiate a trade agreement; in fact, they were the first to capitulate in the last go-round with President-elect Trump.
As much as the member opposite tries to give the false impression that Canada is broken, when it comes to foreign investment, where people are placing their money, Canada was number one in the G7 and number three in the world on a per capita basis.
The Liberal government has generated over double the number of jobs that Stephen Harper did in the same time span. That was attributed, in good part, to the record number of free trade agreements that the government has signed off on, far outnumbering the trade agreements with the Conservatives.
Why should Canadians believe that the Conservatives have a chance at negotiating a fair deal for Canadians when they have demonstrated capitulation?