I would just like to refer to the first part of your question to Mr. Wright. You said you have so many good cases of companies going into Colombia--and you've seen some of those first-hand--doing the right thing and helping the country develop itself both economically and socially. That's my experience with companies, whether it's in Colombia or in any other developing country. It has been pretty good, and those cases never get put forward. I hope in your report you will document some of those cases you've seen or heard about in testimony here at this committee. Too often, all we hear about is that there are cases of companies that misbehave, and we never put a name forward. There's a lot of hearsay about the behaviour of Canadian companies in developing countries, and I think it's unfortunate, because all those who are members of CME....
We actually had a conference in Vancouver last week, called International Development Days, which is an annual conference we do in partnership with CIDA and the multilateral development banks. There are so many examples of companies doing business in South America, in Asia, and everywhere around the world, and doing the right thing. They are partnering with NGOs, partnering with social groups, and partnering, for example, with EDC, which has corporate social responsibility guidelines, an environmental assessment, and environmental requirements that they ask of Canadian companies.
Canadian companies are doing the right things mostly all the time, but we never hear about it.
I think there are some issues with the labour unions there. I think Mr. Wright has talked about that quite well. I wouldn't have a lot to add to what he said, but I think they're moving in the right direction, and that's what matters.