Let's take the situation of indigenous peoples, for instance. As I indicated, many factors contribute to the serious human rights violations that indigenous people are experiencing, but many experts have highlighted that issues around trade, investment, natural resources, and mining are part of the picture. There are also many, including the constitutional court in Colombia, who have highlighted what needs to happen to address that side of the equation. So there's something to zero right in on. It's not about measuring the numbers of how many have or have not disappeared, and comparing that to how many have or have not been threatened. It's zeroing in on what reform is necessary in order to ensure that continuing and increased levels of trade between Canada and Colombia won't stand to make this worse.
On May 6th, 2010. See this statement in context.