I'm very tempted to give Monsieur Desnoyers some of my time. He's very effective in this committee.
Thank you, Mr. Pomerleau. You are aware of the reasons why this agreement has now been before the House for eight months, and that the House of Commons has not even brought it to committee. This is a very problematic agreement.
We have another report coming out this week that shows an 80% increase in cases of torture by the military arm of the Colombian regime from 2003 to 2008. There is not a single report that has not been commissioned by the Colombian government that actually points to significant increases in the last couple of years on human rights violations. For all those reasons, this is no doubt a complete repudiation of Canadian values. That's why it's so problematic.
The government has been trying to set a business case. Their argument has been kind of difficult. The grain growers came before this committee and said they actually preferred a multilateral agreement. The beef industry came forward, and they're talking about $6 million in sales. You're talking about $6 million in a global scale of $2.7 billion. Let's be clear that this is marginal, particularly when you include South Korea. You're talking about markets that will make a significant difference.
We'll put aside all the torture and human rights abuses and get to the business case of what this government should be doing to support the pork industry. We heard testimony this spring from Canada Pork International about an incredibly tiny budget of $5.5 million over five years for marketing Canadian pork. This is for an industry of $2.7 billion. You indicated earlier, in response to Liberal questions, that it's now $17 million over four years. We're talking about $4 million a year. The Australians put $100 million into marketing their beef and pork industries.
You're here, and the government's trying to desperately push whatever business case they can. In any judgemental Canadian's eyes—Canadians who look at what the business results are compared to the incredible downside on human rights--they're actually making the Bloc's case and the NDP's case more effectively.
If Australia is putting in $100 million to fund their beef and pork industries, what is the U.S. putting in? What would Canada need to put in to be at a level playing field? Rather than trying to push this incredibly irresponsible, privileged trading agreement with a regime that has increased its level of torture, and where human rights violations are increasing, what should this government be doing to invest in and really support our pork industry?