Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I am pleased to be able to have a discussion with you. As the Chair has said, I represent the Bloc Québécois. So that you understand, the Bloc Québécois is a sovereignist party in this federal institution. We are not against free trade. However, we favour multilateral agreements, rather than only bilateral ones. But as I have said, we have nothing against trade. On the contrary, we want trade to help in the distribution of wealth, that is obvious.
However, I must underline that this Committee has tabled in the House of Commons a report with recommendations to the effect that this trade agreement not be signed before an independent group has examined the human rights situation in Colombia and has made an assessment of the agreement's impact on human rights. Before signing on, we would have to be certain that the situation is constantly improving and obtain guarantees for the future.
So as you can see, we are not basically against trade. However, we want trade to be done in a context of minimal respect for human rights.
You talked about trade unions. You were saying that there are 6 trade unionists per 100,000 population and 33 in the civil society, but I presume that the 6 are included in the 33. What is the number of union members in Colombia? How many of them are represented by your four organizations?