Mr. Rosero, I appreciated very much your testimony. In Canada, we have had, for a long time, tremendous challenges in our governance of indigenous people, land, and treaties. There are parts of our history that we're not proud of at all in terms of our actions or inaction in dealing with injustice. There is tremendous injustice and there are gaps in Canada between a lot of our minority communities and the rest of Canadians. There are tremendous injustices and a lack of economic opportunity for our aboriginal and indigenous people. It's a struggle that we in Canada are dealing with as well.
Thirty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that today, in northern Canada and other parts of Canada, aboriginal and first nations bands are participating actively in the development of economic opportunities such as mining, for example. We're seeing an evolution of an entrepreneurial leadership within aboriginal and indigenous peoples in Canada.
With an increased level of economic engagement with Colombia, one of the things that I hope we can work on together is imparting some of that experience, that shared experience, for both of us to learn so that we can work together to develop real economic opportunity and real social progress for all our peoples. That's something that I hope we can work on together.
There has been progress in Canada, but there's a lot of work to be done, and a lot of action and investment need to be taken. But our experience here has been that economic growth and engagement have helped to better the lives of aboriginal and indigenous peoples in Canada.