In my opinion, national sovereignty cannot be an excuse not to demand freedom from totalitarian regimes like Cuba's—Fidel Castro's. It's a government that has ruled for 48 years for one clan, basically. There is no free election; obviously, there is no respect for human life. National sovereignty cannot be an excuse not to demand freedom and make economic relationships conditional on respect for human rights.
If Canada is not going to break relationships with Cuba, they should at least not assist the repression of the Cuban people, who are not benefiting at all from the relationship with Canada.
Talking about the United States—it seems that the United States is a recurrent topic here.... The United States, again—one more time—is providing most of the food and medicine that Cuba consumes right now. If we are going to talk about the United States, probably another subcommittee should be set up to talk about human rights issues in the United States. But right now we are talking about human rights issues in Cuba, and that has nothing to do with the fact that there is an embargo. Cubans can buy everything Americans produce, everywhere in the world. Even if it is an item provided only by a specific American company, they can get it from another country.