Thank you.
First of all, I want to express my sincere thanks to both Amnesty and Development and Peace for their enormous support in moving Bill C-300 to this stage and hopefully beyond.
Sometimes we sit here inside of some kind of objectivity bubble and talk about human rights. We talk about all kinds of initiatives at the UN and various other places. We don't actually get a feeling for what this is like on the ground.
Last week I talked to a man from Guatemala who had seven bullet holes in him, apparently courtesy of--I won't get into the facts--a Canadian mining company.
Again last week I talked to the former environment minister for Argentina, who talked about the ugly face of Canadians in Argentina and how it's actually destroying our reputation with that country.
I'd like you, Mr. Casey, but also Mr. Neve, to give Canadians examples of where mining operations in particular have gone wrong, whether it's Guatemala, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Argentina, or Chile, where it is your personal experience, or the experience of your organizations, to give witness to those things.
The second question, if you can answer it, is to make the linkage between those particular companies, those particular issues, and Canadian financial support of those companies.
I wonder if you could possibly start, Mr. Casey.