Hon. Roy MacLaren (Minister for International Trade, Lib.): Madam Speaker, the debate today is against a background of Canada's burgeoning export records, the extraordinary successes that Canada has achieved in its export trade which are being jeopardized by the present strike of the railway.
L'hon. Roy MacLaren (ministre du Commerce international, Lib.): Madame la Présidente, le débat d'aujourd'hui a pour toile de fond la croissance extraordinaire des exportations canadiennes et les immenses succès commerciaux du Canada.