This article is a little easier to understand:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080228.wwcomartin28/BNStory/specialComment/columnists

"...what a load of bunk the two Democrats preach. They want renegotiated environmental and labour standards to protect American jobs. But Canada's standards in those areas are as high, if not higher, than those of the United States.

They talk about the need for a new dispute-settlement mechanism. But which is the country that should be shouting from the rooftops on that front? Wasn't it Washington that undermined the dispute-settlement process in respect to softwood lumber negotiations?"