Despite the fact that conditions are improving, it is also fair to say that there are still a number of problems.
My NDP colleague often talks about the fact that he receives many e-mails from NGOs that are quite worried about the free trade agreement. I also receive many such e-mails. I have a stack of mail in my office sent by certain NGOs that are very concerned about conditions in Colombia. Most of these NGOs point out that in 2008, the committee unanimously recommended that an independent review of human rights in Colombia be conducted.
Why the reluctance to hold this independent review that would give parliamentarians an opportunity to make an enlightened assessment, based on concrete, independent findings, of conditions in Colombia?