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{
    "time": "2016-09-20 13:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4469066\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to join this debate on Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8173019\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-13/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make related amendments to another Act\">C-13</a>, the trade facilitation agreement. Of course it comes as no surprise that I am going to be supporting this piece of legislation, as technical as it as and as difficult as it was to read through it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469067\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think it gives us an opportunity to celebrate the good work of the previous minister of international trade, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>, a friend on this side of the House, whose hard work on behalf of Canadians has borne fruit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469068\" data-originallang=\"en\">It was at the ninth WTO ministerial conference, as the previous member mentioned, in Bali in September 2013, that ministers adopted the Bali package, which included allowing developing countries more options for providing food security, boosting least-developed countries' (LDC) trade, and helping development more generally. The largest deliverable was streamlining customs procedures through the trade facilitation agreement, which is now before us, which we have a chance to debate, implement, and ratify.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469069\" data-originallang=\"en\">The previous government not only made free trade a centrepiece of its economic agenda but also demonstrated that Canada can be ambitious and bold when it seeks to expand access to new markets for Canadians. Over a 10-year period, the Conservative government was able to negotiate free trade agreements with 46 different countries, bringing the total number of countries with which Canada has trade agreements to 51. That is 4.6 agreements per year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469070\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberal government, on the other hand, is coming close to one year in office, next month, and it has exactly zero. It has zero new agreements ratified and consented to by Her Majesty. I think that is quite the record for the first year of government. It has no record on free trade to call its own. In fact, a previous treaty that we implemented and that this House passed, Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8164424\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-11/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Copyright Act (access to copyrighted works or other subject-matter for persons with perceptual disabilities)\">C-11,</a> the Marrakesh treaty, was passed last session and was, again, the work of the previous government and is now implemented in legislation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469071\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am not complaining. I would like to see the government implement more legislation based on the good work of the previous government, especially on the free trade agenda. There are lots of legacy pieces there that should be implemented. Again, when the <a data-HoCid=\"214676\" href=\"/politicians/david-lametti/\" title=\"David Lametti\">Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade</a> spoke on this bill originally, he said this would reinforce the government's strong record on trade; except there is no record of which to speak. It is the record of the previous Conservative government, and in fact, all the good ideas and all the hard work of the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>, who contributed more to Canada in terms of free trade agreements signed, negotiated, and ratified than any other member in maybe the last 50 years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469072\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is no record for the Liberal government to promote, reinforce, or strengthen here. This bill, though, does lay the foundation for the potential of a record. There is an opportunity. There are two more free trade agreements that the government could bring before the House so we could ratify them properly.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469073\" data-originallang=\"en\">Like many good ideas, they started with the Conservatives and, I want to again mention, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a> who deserves high praise. Many of these agreements, many of these successes, are thanks to him and the work he did when he was a member of the government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469074\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8173019\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-13/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make related amendments to another Act\">C-13</a> is good news. We know that trade accounts for 60% of Canada's annual GDP and represents one in five Canadian jobs that are tied to export. Members of the WTO have ratified the TFA, like those mentioned before: the United States, the European Union, China, and Japan. They expect Canada to do the same without delay.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469075\" data-originallang=\"en\">We know that 108 countries, two-thirds, have to complete the domestic ratification process. The sooner we do it, the better for Canadian investors, importers, and exporters of goods, including small and medium-sized businesses, which will benefit from the implementation of the TFA. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469076\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to highlight one business in my riding that would benefit from this agreement. This business is called Tundra Process Solutions. We know that in Alberta right now times are tough in the oil patch. Easily more than 100,000 jobs have been lost. That is direct jobs and does not even count the indirect jobs losses. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469077\" data-originallang=\"en\">I was pleased today to join the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214419\" href=\"/politicians/shannon-stubbs/\" title=\"Shannon Stubbs\">Lakeland</a>, when she was doing a press conference on her e-petition. It was very successful. She had an oil worker there from Grande Prairie, talking about the job losses he is seeing. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tundra Process Solutions is one of those companies in the oil patch that is diversifying. It is a great Canadian story. It is in my riding. It has purchased a manufacturing company that builds equipment, from California, and actually moved it to Calgary. It is a manufacturing oil and gas company producing equipment that it is selling to the world today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469079\" data-originallang=\"en\">With this type of agreement today, it could export to new countries, bypassing some of these very complicated customs rules and tariff rules, as well as the paperwork, the red tape required for it to move its product to a willing buyer in another country. This is how it is going to make money. Its 25-plus workers who depend on export will be quite happy when the TFA is passed, because their jobs depend on finding new markets for the product they produce.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469080\" data-originallang=\"en\">With the lowering of tariffs across the globe, the cost of complying with customs formalities has been reported to exceed, in many instances, the cost of duties to be paid. Trade costs are among the most fundamental factors shaping the evolution of trade.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469081\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We have to remember that we do not live in a static world. If Canada does not move forward with more free trade agreements, others will, and that, by definition, will start cutting us out of those markets. Therefore, we have no choice but to pursue a free trade agenda.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469082\" data-originallang=\"en\">The TFA is critical for many parts of its legislative measures, and there are two of them specifically. I will mention one of them, but there are two important ones. Article 11.8, which the member for <a data-HoCid=\"213959\" href=\"/politicians/gerard-deltell/\" title=\"G\u00e9rard Deltell\">Louis-Saint-Laurent</a> mentioned before in debate, prohibits the application of technical regulations to goods moving through a WTO member's territory from a point outside its territory to another foreign point as a good in transit. This would affect Tundra Process Solutions Ltd., because it is moving equipment from country to country, some of which is being purchased and some of which is being leased. Oil and gas is an international business. Many companies are horizontally and vertically integrated and can move equipment around, so this is good news for them. This measure is an excellent one to introduce.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469083\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think of the government's financial agenda and the budget it proposed. This would have no financial implications for the Government of Canada. This would be paid for with current dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469084\" data-originallang=\"en\">To support the TFA's implementation, Canada, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. provided support in December 2015 for the launch of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation. It is a fantastic idea. It is more good news from the previous government and more good work by the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>. This initiative was designed to assist developing countries to implement the TFA.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469085\" data-originallang=\"en\">The UN Conference on Trade and Development estimates that the average customs transaction involves 20 to 30 different parties; 40 documents; 200 data elements, 30 of which are repeated at least 30 times, and the re-keying of 60% to 70% of all data at least once. In my previous life working for a chamber of commerce, I know that specific point is when errors begin to happen and costs begin to rise, because the errors have to be fixed but oftentimes can start to compound. Then there are regulatory problems and delays in the business. If this agreement could help to at least reduce these by 50%, it would be a huge change for Canadian businesses. Again, there are many technical and legislative benefits to the TFA.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469086\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to finish on the principle of the matter. Free trade at its core is about a willing buyer and a willing seller meeting and making a voluntary transaction. Its core is about freedom. As former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier said, \"Canada is free and freedom is its nationality.\"</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469087\" data-originallang=\"en\">The great debates in Canada were about reciprocity, reciprocity between provinces, and reciprocity with our closest trading partner the United States. That has been the fundamental part of what it means to be a Canadian. We have had a lot of trouble with internal trade between our provinces. We can all agree that we want new markets to send our products to, so they can see the maple leaf and the words, \u201cMade in Canada\u201d. I am proud of that when I see it overseas when I travel. Trade between people regardless of nation they live in is the ultimate proof of the nationality of freedom that Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke about.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469088\" data-originallang=\"en\">The economy does not need more stimulation or subsidies. What it needs is us to get out of the way and get rid of these laborious customs rules and the paperwork involved. That would provide more freedom for businesses owned and operated by Canadians. It is for Canadians. We can recapture that spirit of freedom that Sir Wilfrid Laurier encouraged. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469089\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us pass the TFA and move on to the true record of the government. It could ratify the Canada-European Union free trade agreement. It could ratify the trans-Pacific partnership agreement. It would have a record to speak about. It would have a legacy to speak of in 10 years. It would have something to look back on. It could say it was a government that promoted free trade. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469090\" data-originallang=\"en\">Free trade has always been a part of this country. It was about reciprocity in a different generation. Today we talk about free trade. Sometimes we talk about fair trade, equitable trade, but it is about choice. It is about giving Canadians the choice on whom they choose to trade with, and with the least rules possible. Let us give Canadians the freedom to trade as they wish. Let us live up to Sir Wilfrid Laurier's call that \u201cCanada is free and freedom is its nationality\u201d. That quote appears in our new passport. It is in each so that every single Canadian can turn to the middle of the page and look at it right there. That encapsulates what Canada is all about. It is about the freedom to trade, the freedom to associate, the freedom to speak one's mind.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469091\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I cannot see anything better than ratifying this agreement and proceeding to ratifying the next agreements.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4469066\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis tr\u00e8s heureux de pouvoir participer au pr\u00e9sent d\u00e9bat sur le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8173019\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-13/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make related amendments to another Act\">C-13</a>, c'est-\u00e0-dire sur l'Accord de facilitation des \u00e9changes. Personne ne sera surpris d'apprendre que j'ai l'intention d'appuyer ce projet de loi, m\u00eame s'il est tr\u00e8s technique et tr\u00e8s difficile \u00e0 lire au complet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469067\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense que c'est l'occasion de rendre hommage \u00e0 l'homme qui occupait pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment le poste de ministre du Commerce international, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>, un ami d\u00e9put\u00e9 du m\u00eame parti que moi, dont le travail \u00e9nergique dans l'int\u00e9r\u00eat des Canadiens a port\u00e9 des fruits.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469068\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme le d\u00e9put\u00e9 qui m'a pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 l'a indiqu\u00e9, c'est \u00e0 l'occasion de la neuvi\u00e8me conf\u00e9rence minist\u00e9rielle de l'OMC, \u00e0 Bali, en septembre 2013, que les ministres ont adopt\u00e9 l'entente de Bali, qui accordait aux pays en d\u00e9veloppement des options suppl\u00e9mentaires pour assurer la salubrit\u00e9 des aliments, qui stimulait les \u00e9changes commerciaux avec les pays les moins d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s et qui favorisait le d\u00e9veloppement en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Le plus important r\u00e9sultat de cette entente a \u00e9t\u00e9 l'Accord sur la facilitation des \u00e9changes, qui avait pour but de rationaliser les proc\u00e9dures douani\u00e8res. C'est cet accord qui nous est soumis pr\u00e9sentement pour que nous en d\u00e9battions, le ratifiions et le mettions en oeuvre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469069\" data-originallang=\"en\">Non content de mettre le libre-\u00e9change au coeur de son programme \u00e9conomique, le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent a montr\u00e9 que le Canada pouvait \u00eatre ambitieux et audacieux dans ses efforts pour permettre aux Canadiens d'avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 de nouveaux march\u00e9s. Sur une p\u00e9riode de 10 ans, le gouvernement conservateur a pu n\u00e9gocier des accords commerciaux avec 46 pays, ce qui fait 4,6 accords par ann\u00e9e. Le nombre total de pays avec lesquels le Canada a des accords commerciaux est donc pass\u00e9 \u00e0 51.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469070\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quant au gouvernement lib\u00e9ral, il n'en a conclu absolument aucun, m\u00eame apr\u00e8s une ann\u00e9e au pouvoir. Il n'y a aucun nouvel accord ratifi\u00e9 et approuv\u00e9 par Sa Majest\u00e9. Voil\u00e0 pour le bilan de la premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e du gouvernement. Il n'a aucun bilan \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter en mati\u00e8re de libre-\u00e9change. En fait, le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8164424\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-11/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Copyright Act (access to copyrighted works or other subject-matter for persons with perceptual disabilities)\">C-11,</a> le Trait\u00e9 de Marrakech que nous avons mis en oeuvre et que la Chambre a adopt\u00e9 \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re session, est encore une fois l'oeuvre du gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, et ses dispositions sont maintenant en vigueur. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469071\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne me plains pas, mais j'aimerais que le gouvernement actuel mette en oeuvre davantage de projets de loi \u00e0 partir du bon travail du gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, en particulier en mati\u00e8re de libre-\u00e9change. Le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent a l\u00e9gu\u00e9 beaucoup de mesures l\u00e9gislatives qui devraient \u00eatre mises en oeuvre. Encore une fois, lorsque le <a data-HoCid=\"214676\" href=\"/politicians/david-lametti/\" title=\"David Lametti\">secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre du Commerce international</a> a parl\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois de ce projet de loi, il a dit qu'il renforcerait le solide bilan du gouvernement en mati\u00e8re de commerce; or, il n'y a aucun bilan dont il puisse parler. Il s'agit du bilan du gouvernement conservateur pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, des bonnes id\u00e9es et de l'excellent travail du d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>, qui a fait plus pour le Canada sur le plan de la signature, de la n\u00e9gociation et de la ratification d'accords de libre-\u00e9change que tout autre d\u00e9put\u00e9 ces 50 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469072\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il n'y a pas de r\u00e9alisations \u00e0 promouvoir ou \u00e0 renforcer du c\u00f4t\u00e9 du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral. Cependant, ce projet de loi lui ouvre la possibilit\u00e9 d'en inscrire une \u00e0 son bilan. Il y a une occasion \u00e0 saisir. Il y a deux autres accords de libre-\u00e9change que le gouvernement pourrait proposer \u00e0 la Chambre afin que nous puissions les ratifier comme il se doit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469073\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme bien d'autres bonnes initiatives, celles-ci viennent des conservateurs, et je tiens encore \u00e0 saluer le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>, qui m\u00e9rite bien des \u00e9loges, puisque l'on doit bon nombre de ces accords et de ces r\u00e9ussites au travail qu'il a fait en tant que minist\u00e9riel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469074\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8173019\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-13/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make related amendments to another Act\">C-13</a> est une bonne nouvelle. Au Canada, nous savons que le commerce compte pour 60 % du PIB annuel du Canada, et qu'un emploi sur cinq est li\u00e9 aux exportations. Des membres de l'OMC ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 ratifi\u00e9 l'Accord de facilitation des \u00e9changes, y compris ceux que j'ai mentionn\u00e9s auparavant, soit les \u00c9tats-Unis, l'Union europ\u00e9enne, la Chine et le Japon. Ils s'attendent \u00e0 ce que le Canada fasse de m\u00eame sans plus attendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469075\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous savons que 108 pays, soit le deux tiers, doivent compl\u00e9ter le processus de ratification. Le plus t\u00f4t sera le mieux pour les investisseurs, les importateurs et les exportateurs de marchandises ainsi que les petites et moyennes entreprises du Canada, qui profiteront tous de la mise en oeuvre de l'Accord de facilitation des \u00e9changes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469076\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais parler d'une entreprise dans ma circonscription qui profiterait de l'accord. Cette entreprise, c'est Tundra Process Solutions. Nous savons que les temps sont durs dans le secteur p\u00e9trolier en Alberta. Il y a facilement plus de 100 000 emplois qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 perdus. Je parle d'emplois directs. Il n'est m\u00eame pas question d'emplois indirects. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469077\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 heureux d'accompagner aujourd'hui la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de <a data-HoCid=\"214419\" href=\"/politicians/shannon-stubbs/\" title=\"Shannon Stubbs\">Lakeland</a> \u00e0 une conf\u00e9rence de presse sur sa p\u00e9tition \u00e9lectronique. Ce fut une grande r\u00e9ussite. Un travailleur de l'industrie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re de Grande Prairie est venu parler des pertes d'emploi qu'il constate. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469078\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tundra Process Solutions est l'une des entreprises du secteur p\u00e9trolier qui est en train de diversifier ses activit\u00e9s. C'est une belle histoire canadienne. Cette entreprise, qui se trouve dans ma circonscription, a achet\u00e9 une entreprise manufacturi\u00e8re de la Californie qui construit du mat\u00e9riel et l'a r\u00e9install\u00e9e \u00e0 Calgary. Il s'agit d'une entreprise p\u00e9troli\u00e8re et gazi\u00e8re qui produit maintenant du mat\u00e9riel qu'elle vend \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469079\" data-originallang=\"en\">Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'accord dont il est question aujourd'hui, Tundra Process Solutions pourrait exporter du mat\u00e9riel dans de nouveaux pays. Elle \u00e9viterait ainsi des r\u00e8gles douani\u00e8res et des r\u00e8gles tarifaires tr\u00e8s complexes, ainsi que les formalit\u00e9s administratives n\u00e9cessaires pour acheminer son produit \u00e0 un acheteur \u00e9ventuel dans un autre pays. Voil\u00e0 comment cette entreprise pourra gagner de l'argent. Les 25 employ\u00e9s ou plus qui y travaillent et qui d\u00e9pendent de sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 exporter seront tr\u00e8s heureux lorsque l'Accord sur la facilitation des \u00e9changes sera conclu, parce que leurs emplois d\u00e9pendent de la capacit\u00e9 de l'entreprise de trouver de nouveaux march\u00e9s o\u00f9 acheminer son produit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469080\" data-originallang=\"en\">Compte tenu de la baisse des tarifs douaniers partout dans le monde, il semble que les co\u00fbts li\u00e9s au respect des formalit\u00e9s douani\u00e8res d\u00e9passent, dans bien des cas, les tarifs douaniers impos\u00e9s. Les co\u00fbts des \u00e9changes commerciaux figurent parmi les principaux facteurs ayant une incidence sur l'\u00e9volution du commerce.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469081\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le monde o\u00f9 nous vivons n'est pas immuable, ne l'oublions pas. Si le Canada ne signe pas de nouveaux accords de libre-\u00e9change, d'autres le feront \u00e0 sa place, de sorte qu'il n'aura progressivement plus acc\u00e8s \u00e0 ces march\u00e9s. Il nous faut absolument poursuivre un ambitieux programme de libre-\u00e9change.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469082\" data-originallang=\"en\">De nombreuses dispositions de l'Accord de facilitation des \u00e9changes sont cruciales, dont deux en particulier. L'une de ces dispositions est l'article 11.8, que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"213959\" href=\"/politicians/gerard-deltell/\" title=\"G\u00e9rard Deltell\">Louis-Saint-Laurent</a> a mentionn\u00e9 plus t\u00f4t durant le d\u00e9bat et qui interdit aux membres de l'OMC d'appliquer des r\u00e8glements techniques aux marchandises en transit sur leur territoire, depuis un point situ\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur de leur territoire jusqu\u2019\u00e0 un autre point \u00e9tranger. Voil\u00e0 qui aurait une incidence sur Tundra Process Solutions Ltd., qui exp\u00e9die des pi\u00e8ces d'\u00e9quipement lou\u00e9es ou achet\u00e9es d'un pays \u00e0 un autre. L'industrie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re et gazi\u00e8re est pr\u00e9sente partout dans le monde. Beaucoup de soci\u00e9t\u00e9s sont int\u00e9gr\u00e9es verticalement et horizontalement et d\u00e9placent leur \u00e9quipement un peu partout. Elles auraient donc raison de se r\u00e9jouir de la mesure envisag\u00e9e, qui est excellente. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469083\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est du programme financier du gouvernement du Canada et du budget qu'il a propos\u00e9, soulignons que la mesure n'aura aucune incidence et sera financ\u00e9e \u00e0 partir des fonds existants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469084\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour faire avancer la mise en oeuvre de l'Accord sur la facilitation des \u00e9changes, le Canada, l'Allemagne, le Royaume-Uni et les \u00c9tats-Unis ont donn\u00e9 leur appui en d\u00e9cembre 2015 \u00e0 la mise sur pied de l'Alliance mondiale pour la facilitation des \u00e9changes. Je trouve que c'est une id\u00e9e fantastique. Un autre bel exemple, en tout cas, du bon travail accompli par l'ancien gouvernement et par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"214072\" href=\"/politicians/ed-fast/\" title=\"Ed Fast\">Abbotsford</a>. Cette initiative est l\u00e0 pour aider les pays en d\u00e9veloppement \u00e0 mettre l'Accord en oeuvre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469085\" data-originallang=\"en\">La Conf\u00e9rence des Nations unies sur le commerce et le d\u00e9veloppement estime que, en moyenne, de 20 \u00e0 30 parties participent \u00e0 une transaction douani\u00e8re et que celle-ci suppose la production de 40 documents et de 200 \u00e9l\u00e9ments de donn\u00e9es \u2014 dont 30 qui se r\u00e9p\u00e9teront au moins une trentaine de fois \u2014 de m\u00eame que l'entr\u00e9e en double de 60 \u00e0 70 % de toutes les donn\u00e9es. Pour avoir travaill\u00e9 dans une chambre de commerce dans mon ancienne vie, je sais que ce moment survient quand les erreurs commencent \u00e0 \u00eatre commises et que les co\u00fbts commencent \u00e0 augmenter, parce qu'il faut bien les corriger, les erreurs, sauf qu'il n'est pas rare qu'elles finissent par s'accumuler et en entra\u00eener d'autres. S'ajoutent \u00e0 tout cela les probl\u00e8mes r\u00e9glementaires et les retards op\u00e9rationnels. Si cet accord pouvait \u00e0 tout le moins les faire diminuer de 50 %, ce serait le jour et la nuit pour les entreprises canadiennes. Je le r\u00e9p\u00e8te: l'Accord sur la facilitation des \u00e9changes comporte de nombreux avantages, sur le plan l\u00e9gislatif autant qu'administratif.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469086\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je terminerai en revenant au principe de base. Essentiellement, pour qu'il y ait libre-\u00e9change, il doit y avoir un vendeur et un acheteur qui acceptent de se rencontrer et de transiger ensemble de leur plein gr\u00e9. La libert\u00e9 est au coeur du libre-\u00e9change. Comme le disait l'ancien premier ministre sir Wilfrid Laurier: \u00ab Le Canada est libre, et la libert\u00e9 est sa nationalit\u00e9. \u00bb</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469087\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les plus grands d\u00e9bats tenus au Canada ont port\u00e9 sur la r\u00e9ciprocit\u00e9, la r\u00e9ciprocit\u00e9 entre les provinces et la r\u00e9ciprocit\u00e9 avec les \u00c9tats-Unis, qui sont notre partenaire commercial le plus important. Cela a \u00e9t\u00e9 un \u00e9l\u00e9ment fondamental de l'identit\u00e9 canadienne. Le commerce int\u00e9rieur entre les provinces a suscit\u00e9 beaucoup de probl\u00e8mes. Nous sommes tous d'accord, nous voulons de nouveaux march\u00e9s o\u00f9 l'on verra la feuille d'\u00e9rable et l'\u00e9tiquette \u00ab Fabriqu\u00e9 au Canada \u00bb. Lorsque je voyage \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger, j'en suis fier. Le commerce entre les peuples de quelque nation que ce soit est la preuve ultime de la libert\u00e9 dont parlait sir Wilfrid Laurier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469088\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'\u00e9conomie n'a pas besoin d'autres stimulants ou d'autres subventions. Ce dont elle a besoin, c'est que nous nous d\u00e9barrassions des fastidieuses r\u00e8gles douani\u00e8res et de la paperasserie, de fa\u00e7on \u00e0 lib\u00e9rer les propri\u00e9taires et les g\u00e9rants d'entreprises canadiennes. C'est pour eux que nous devons agir en retrouvant l'esprit de libert\u00e9 qu'encourageait sir Wilfrid Laurier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469089\" data-originallang=\"en\">Adoptons l'AFE et inscrivons-nous dans le bilan du gouvernement, qui pourrait ratifier l'accord de libre-\u00e9change conclu entre le Canada et l'Union europ\u00e9enne et l'accord de partenariat transpacifique. Ce serait un bilan dont nous pourrions encore parler dans 10 ans et qui t\u00e9moignerait du fait que ce gouvernement a favoris\u00e9 le libre-\u00e9change.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469090\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le libre-\u00e9change a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 une composante du pays. C'\u00e9tait une question de r\u00e9ciprocit\u00e9 dans une autre g\u00e9n\u00e9ration. Nous parlons aujourd'hui de libre-\u00e9change. Nous parlons aussi parfois de commerce juste et loyal, mais tout revient \u00e0 une question de choix. Il s'agit de laisser les Canadiens choisir leurs partenaires commerciaux en leur imposant le moins de r\u00e8gles possible. Donnons aux Canadiens la libert\u00e9 de commercer comme ils le souhaitent. Soyons fid\u00e8les aux paroles de Wilfrid Laurier, qui a affirm\u00e9 que \u00ab le Canada est libre, et la libert\u00e9 est sa nationalit\u00e9 \u00bb. Cette citation appara\u00eet dans notre nouveau passeport. Elle se trouve dans chaque passeport afin que chaque Canadien puisse jeter un coup d'oeil au centre de la page et la lire. Elle r\u00e9sume bien ce qu'est le Canada, qui repose sur la libert\u00e9 de commerce, la libert\u00e9 d'association et la libert\u00e9 d'expression.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4469091\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne vois rien de mieux, comme perspective, que de ratifier cet accord et de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 la ratification des prochains accords.</p>"
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