I met a Colombian trade union leader two weeks ago in Santiago, Chile. He's aware of these hearings going on. He very much hopes and dreams of expanded relations between Colombia and Canada, but he also hopes for the weight of the Government of Canada to improve the lot in life for Colombian workers by holding the Government of Colombia up to a standard of human rights and labour rights that would make trade and expansion of jobs through trade more meaningful.
The answer is yes, they value their relations with Canada, and, like me, want to see expanded relations, but right now their first priority, if they were sitting here, would be to ask for the weight of this committee to recommend to Parliament something akin to where you were 24 months ago in terms of an independent assessment in order to assist the lot of all Colombians.