Mr. Speaker, I want to start by thanking my colleague and friend for his speech. He certainly knows what he is talking about, as Olivier Guimond used to say in his famous slogan.
In his speech, my colleague often referred to the fact that this agreement contains clauses from another era that are no longer really found in modern agreements. I would like him to discuss that a bit more, focusing on the issue of ensuring that we do not import goods that are produced with child labour. There is also the issue of the environment. He talked about palm oil, deforestation, and so on. Then there is the whole issue of protecting the investments of Canadian mining companies. As he said, foreign investment often comes here to get incorporated in Canada, resulting in less accountability.
Can he tell us how the agreement could have been better drafted?