Thank you.
I said that Canada's reputation was jeopardized. Yesterday, Canada was called neocolonial in a Kinshasa newspaper. I'll read you the headline: “Consequence of the mining contract reviews, Kinshasa taken hostage: Paris Club wants to impose unconscionable contracts.”
Then more than one article focused on the situation, and this appeared: How can Canada and the United States in the Club of Rome bring this kind of pressure, take the Congo hostage, because they are dissatisfied with the internal settlement between the government and the company?
I'm talking about the future, not the past. Bill C-300 would benefit the companies. Both the government and the communities on the ground would have outside recourse. You know it as well as I do that the governance of the Congo is not up to par; corruption is everywhere. This would make it possible to solidify Canada's efforts to support these businesses. I cited two cases, but there are a number.
Canada has taken a public position, and people have said that Canada was aiding and abetting something. If there was an organization such as that provided for by Bill C-300, a parliamentary organization or a Canadian organization could say whether the allegations are true or false. Canada would then have all the legitimacy to support these businesses more than it does now.