{"time": "2011-02-03 15:50:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, some of the problems the member for Elmwood\u2014Transcona makes reference to can be found in the United States and we are not going to abandon trade with the United States. All countries have issues and do have some problems.

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We can look at it from a positive point of view too in the sense that Panama is a part of the World Trade Organization. We have seen the expansion of the canal. There is great potential in Panama. I do not believe we should give up on countries because of some of the issues they have and are trying to deal with, or that we should pass judgment absolutely. At the end of the day, I think that Panama has proven itself to be of a stable nature and a country that is moving forward. I understand that its GDP even grew during the time of the recession. It has its tourism, shrimp and banana industries. There has been a lot of positive things happening in Panama too.

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We need to respect the fact that it could be better and we do have some concerns, but it is important that we move forward.

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Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, certains des probl\u00e8mes mentionn\u00e9s par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'Elmwood\u2014Transcona existent aux \u00c9tats-Unis, et nous n'allons pas mettre fin \u00e0 nos relations commerciales avec eux. Tous les pays ont des probl\u00e8mes.

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Nous pouvons envisager la situation sous un angle positif, par exemple en tenant compte du fait que le Panama fait partie de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce. Nous avons vu l'\u00e9largissement du canal. Le Panama a beaucoup de potentiel. Je ne pense pas que nous devrions laisser tomber un pays parce qu'il a des probl\u00e8mes qu'il tente de r\u00e9soudre. Je ne crois pas non plus que nous devrions le juger. Au bout du compte, je pense que le Panama a prouv\u00e9 qu'il \u00e9tait un pays stable qui allait de l'avant. J'ai cru comprendre que son PIB avait m\u00eame augment\u00e9 durant la r\u00e9cession. Il poss\u00e8de une industrie touristique, crevetti\u00e8re et banani\u00e8re. Beaucoup de d\u00e9veloppements positifs se sont produits dans ce pays.

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M\u00eame si la situation au Panama pourrait \u00eatre meilleure et que nous avons certaines pr\u00e9occupations, il est important que nous allions de l'avant.

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