Mr. Speaker, I have a simple question for the hon. member. I listened very carefully when she talked about the people of Colombia.
Anything we do as administrations, no matter what party is in power, we always do with the good intention of improving the lives of our people.
In this case we are moving on the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement with what in mind? It is to improve the lives of our citizenry, ours in Canada and theirs in Colombia.
Does the member feel that by staying away we will improve the lives of the people in Colombia or does she agree, as I see it personally, that by going there and showing them how we do things in Canada with our rules and the administration and so on, however we do it, we can improve their lives in that way?