Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, although my riding is the furthest from Nova Scotia, over 100 constituents have contacted me about this serious crisis. I think I would be misrepresenting them if I did not say that they want the Mi'kmaq treaty rights of 1760-61 honoured and upheld; they think the ra

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, as I alluded to in my opening remarks, and as I said specifically yesterday, there are a number of studies on this. Most of them show great benefits to Canada. I will mention that RBC said that Canada's GDP could go down a massive 1% without this agreement and it c

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, for the first time in history, we have the environment in this agreement, with much protection for the marine environment and air quality. That is a great step forward, so I agree with that.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, at this time, I am not familiar with the trade minister's agenda on that, but I will certainly pass on that question for the member.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, this would not be such a huge issue in other countries' parliaments, but trade is such a big part of the Canadian economy, bigger than in the United States economy. It is instrumental to our success, and that is why people were very worried at the time that this wo

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, we are on the traditional territory of the Anishinabe Algonquins and my constituents, like other Canadians across the country, will receive great benefits from the ratification of this agreement. Yukoners, like others, are great traders. A lot of our exports are min

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, because I do not have enough time, I will not give my speech on all of the benefits. We have heard from all parties today the many benefits of this agreement. Instead, I will comment on some of the points that have been made about the agreement. One was related to r

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the member referred to a report. I wonder, as there have been many reports done and analysis, if he could refer to any others?

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate the member's speeches, especially because he is so sensitive to indigenous people, as I have noted in the past, and I really enjoy that. Perhaps the member could comment briefly on the fact that, for the first time, indigenous rights are in this a

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  They got rid of the Wheat Board.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her very thoughtful speech and the co-operation of the Bloc related to this. I think what the Bloc has added related to aluminum is good. Everyone was worried about dumping from China into Mexico. The member mentioned only Canad

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I have to disagree. We have a minister for regional development in Quebec, separate from the rest of the country, who is doing an excellent job, and all sorts of projects are being approved. The member mentioned the quota on milk protein, and that is true, but the

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the auto parts workers in Canada love this agreement. It makes a lot of additional provisions for them, but I want to talk about agriculture, too. There are increases in access for refined sugar and margarine. The member said agriculture is small, tiny, and he might

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to get some clarification. The member suggested that tariffs remain on aluminum, but there are no tariffs remaining on aluminum. I am not sure what the member was referring to, but to emphasize the benefits for aluminum, first of all, the regional valu

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, on the last point, I emphasize that there was not a loss in the trade of those projects. There is a level at which an additional fee is added, but Canada is nowhere near that level yet, so there is not a loss there. I thank the member for her speech. It was great. O