Yes, I respect Canada, and I'm sure the Canadian government is respected by many, because it is known for respecting human rights. However, if Canada ratifies this agreement with Colombia, it will be backing the regime of human rights violators.
I would like to invite you all to come to Colombia and see firsthand what is happening there. Thousands of youths are being killed. Human rights defenders are being killed.
I am standing here now without my father because he was killed. Many other youth have lost their parents, their brothers, their sisters, not many years ago--within this administration, a few years ago--just because they wanted to build a better Colombia. I am not the only one who would tell you this. You can speak with many of the human rights organizations, human rights defenders, indigenous organizations, peasants.
The people of Colombia also oppose this agreement for that reason.