First of all, for me, it's an insult that some people speak here and say that political dissidence in Cuba is paid for by the United States or something. The people in Cuba are working in the worst conditions. They don't have food. They don't have anything.
This is some kind of lie that permanently the Cuban government is using. The first thing the Cuban government did was to create the enemy. Who is the enemy? It's the United States. Okay, but the real enemy in Cuba is the Cuban people, because the Cuban people can't protest, can't speak out about the situation there. They say they are mercenaries, CIA agents, and so on, and that they are paid.
But I will concentrate on something you said. We don't want Canadian companies to leave Cuba. What is the position Canada can take, or what is, in my opinion, something Canada can do for Cuba? It can use pressure—political pressure concerning the political prisoners, freedom of speech, for freedom to reform.
This is my position. This is why I recommend it to you. Canada has the right to have business anywhere in the world, and Cuba is a place that needs Canada in the future. We need more of Canada in the future than we have now.