Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank you all for being here today.
I am the member of Parliament for Drummond, the riding including Drummondville. That may be the town of Quebec where you will find the highest number of Colombians since the current policy is to send immigrants in the regions. Very often, they end up in the center of Quebec. Before being elected, I used to work in a riding office where I used to welcome Colombians to help them with immigration problems. Most of them had had to deal with FARC, had received death threats, had been beaten, had seen their children stalked and kidnapped, etc. In short, I heard many terrible stories. This is the first time I meet people who can confirm that to me. In the past, I could only talk to those persons, I never went further than that. That is why I want to congratulate you, Mr. Moist, for having gone there in order to bring to us some information that is credible since it is what you have seen on the ground.
When we want to trade with other countries, we say that it will create jobs. That is the positive aspect, apart from making money. Have you heard people in Colombia say that foreign companies, and Canadian ones, have had as a positive impact in terms of creating jobs in the country? Or have you mostly heard them refer to a negative impact, such as legitimizing the current government?