I generally agree with my friend from CUPW.
I wanted to address one other issue, which is that the trade union movement in Colombia is firmly opposed to this agreement. I know that this committee has heard mixed evidence on this issue. I was in Colombia again last year, and I met with the leaders of the three primary labour centrals. All three labour centrals--both the public sector and private sector unions with which the union for which I work has close relationships--are opposed to the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement, .
I'll just give you an illustration. My most striking recollection of being with these labour centrals was that the first labour central office we went to was behind 18 inches of steel plate. They feel that this is what's necessary to be secure. They have security provisions the likes of which I have never seen in an office. It cannot be the case that a country that requires its trade unionists to work behind 18 inches of steel plate is truly a free place for workers to join trade unions.