Mr. Speaker, it is great to hear the member for Winnipeg North again. I have not been able to hear him for a solid five and a half months. It is great to hear his voice again in the House.
My question for him is quite simple. Over the last number of years, both he and I have been in this House and we have seen the government bring in countless numbers of free trade agreements. In fact, there have been more free trade agreements than all governments combined prior to ours. How important are those free trade agreements now, given the fact that we are under economic threat from our neighbours to the south?