Mr. Speaker, in the last round of negotiations, we remember what happened: The Prime Minister capitulated. He did not get us an exemption to buy America, as the earlier prime minister Stephen Harper had successfully done. Not only is buy America still in place, but it now applies to all levels of U.S. government procurement, which it never did before.
The Prime Minister did not get us out of the softwood lumber tariffs the way the earlier leader Stephen Harper had. Harper secured a reimbursement of the softwood lumber tariffs and put an end to the tariffs for 10 years. They were reimposed under the Prime Minister and have been doubled by President Biden.
The Prime Minister had nine years and three presidents, and he was not able to fix what former prime minister Harper did in about three months. Then the Americans and Mexicans signed the USMCA, walked it over to the Prime Minister and said to take it or leave it, and guess what. He took it and now we are all taking it.