Thank you very much, Chair.
The comment was made earlier on in the remarks by the CLC with respect to the fact that an announcement was made to complete the negotiations for the free trade agreement with Colombia on a Saturday when nobody would notice. But people did notice. The issue was raised in the House again today. It's a serious concern.
This committee travelled to Colombia, as many of you know, to Bogota, and met with government representatives. We've been studying this particular free trade agreement with Colombia for quite some time now, for a few months, meeting with a whole range of witnesses and spending Canadian taxpayers' money on this, addressing the mandate we developed on human rights and the environment that was accepted by all committee members.
As ordinary taxpaying Canadians, what is your view of the fact that before the recommendations were completed by this committee, before the report was completed, the government completed negotiations? I want the CLC's thoughts on that, please.