Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am happy to see that my colleague, Mr. Holder, is interested in conducting possible studies. But, in our view, it is not up to Amnesty International to carry out those studies, but rather the government. With respect to that, I want to say right off the bat that the issue was already discussed by the committee in June 2009 and a report was produced. One recommendation is clear: the government should carry out impact assessments with respect to human rights. I want to mention that the Liberals were in favour of that recommendation. So it had majority support.
As recently as Tuesday, at this same table, we heard from Daniel Mejia, an Economics Professor and Researcher at Los Andes University in Bogotá. His finding was very clear: murders of union members in Colombia had steadily declined over the last eight years. Do you agree with that finding?