Madam Speaker, I have been listening to the debate for two or three hours now. The parties are firing shots at one another, such as “we would do better” or “we are the best”. We are hearing about the grievances of Ontario and Alberta.
The fact is, the U.S. president-elect posted a message on his social media platform. As a result, we are having this emergency debate. Americans watching from Washington are going to say that the Canadians are losing their minds and are afraid. Personally, I think the Americans have far more to lose by not trading with us than the other way around.
I would like to ask my esteemed colleague, without disparaging the debate we are having this evening, whether we should calm down a bit, negotiate responsibly and not overreact to the president-elect's bullying.