Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I assume Mr. Miller was talking about the quality as well as the quantity of the questions.
Ms. Simons, you had a very effective rebuttal to Mr. d'Aquino in talking about the fact that there is no real link between investment protection and democracy and building for human rights. Even as we approach the potential for signing an agreement, we have seen a number of summary executions by the Colombia military climb and the number of deaths of trade unionists rise as well, so there is reason for us to be legitimately worried as we go into discussions around a country where the human rights situation is actually getting worse in 2008 than it was in 2007.
I have a couple of questions regarding some of the dynamics that we heard about in Colombia. The first was this link between companies and paramilitaries. They were very clear allegations. I mentioned the companies earlier--Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Chiquita--where there are very clear allegations of abuse, companies being tied into using paramilitaries, and the end result is the deaths of trade unionists.
I'm wondering whether you think an agreement like this is an effective way of bringing those corporate executives who may have been colluding with paramilitaries to justice, or whether you think it is exactly the opposite reward, in a sense, for criminal behaviour if we move ahead with an agreement.
Secondly, I wanted to ask you about this so-called fine for the killing of labour activists, human rights activists. Essentially there would be a solidarity fund and there would be some money—no one knows how much—deposited in that solidarity fund if there are ongoing abuses. Are you aware of any agreement where you can get off with murder by simply paying a fine? Do you think that's an effective way at all of stopping horrific human rights abuses?