International Trade committee  Did you ever go to the Chocó, which is the northwestern part of Colombia, where they have the palma africana? It's not the FARC who is there; it's paramilitaries. Did you ever go to Cauca--

International Trade committee  Against labour leaders? Yes. I think the position of our union has always been that we want peace and we're against violence. That's always been our position.

International Trade committee  We haven't. It's internal policy of Colombia. We have a partnership with a union there, and this partnership is to develop the people--

International Trade committee  Sir, it's easy to send out this kind of attack, but in rebuttal to you around that issue, I can say that I'm sure--

International Trade committee  I think people have to be clear. It's always been the orientation of our union to put forward the idea that peace is one of the most important things. We don't go...we develop relations with other unions all over the world to support them in doing their work. For us, one of the m

International Trade committee  --some of our members talk about the issue. As a union, we think what's happening in the postal sector is global. When it's global, I think every union and every president of a union has a right to say what is the best way to change. Our position around the issue of Israel and a

International Trade committee  I will give my presentation in French. I also have a document that was translated in both languages. On behalf of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee on Bill C-2.

International Trade committee  Okay. So it will take more than 10 minutes, if I understand correctly.

International Trade committee  I want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. CUPW represents 54,000 workers, in both rural and urban communities from coast to coast to coast. A majority of our members work for Canada Post. I have been to Colombia several times, both as part of my work and for