Mr. Chair, I'm
stunned. That is the only word I can use in a case like this. To suggest, in any shape or form, that it is acceptable for someone to be killed because of a union connection is something we are vehemently opposed to. Everyone's human rights must be respected.
I am not aware of the case mentioned by Mr. Trost, but it would be just as bad in any case, whatever it might be. We will certainly be following up on this, but the reality is that, in this Committee, we didn't hear from people representing the Canadian union movement, and particularly the largest central union bodies, nor did we hear from the umbrella group that represents Canadian unions. And we didn't hear from any Colombian union that is not connected to the current regime.
Personally, I support the fact that the regime-linked union testified, because it is important to hear from all union groups. But to say that we are simply going to wipe off the map all those who are against the aims of the current regime is quite another thing.
I will let representatives of the union movement make their own comments in the coming days. There is no doubt that everyone is going to be disturbed by the decisions that were made today.
Just before I turn things over to Monsieur Guimond, I'm coming back to the fact that the right to collective bargaining is a fundamental right, and we should be putting it in the purpose of the agreement if we believe in labour rights.