Let's get back to the issue of progress. No improvements have been made when it comes to taxation. Panama is still one of the most important and active tax havens. I think that the tax information exchange you mentioned, Mr. Laforest, is extremely important. However, based on what we know of tax havens, it's perhaps somewhat utopian to expect this, after all the efforts made to establish cooperation. I think that, since the G20 meeting in London, in 2009, the issue has been talked about somewhat openly.
It has become obvious that tax havens are not genuinely willing to change their current attitude. That's why we at ATTAC feel that the best thing to do at this point is to simply not negotiate trade agreements with tax havens. We don't think that changes are possible.
We think that we need to fight against tax havens both internationally and nationally. Canada should adopt real measures against tax havens by, among other things, cancelling the double-taxation agreement we signed with Barbados. We should also continue to fight against tax havens at the G20.
A few steps in the right direction were taken in London, but that's clearly not enough, since tax havens are still a serious problem. As I said during my presentation, negotiating an agreement with a tax haven of Panama's importance is tantamount to legitimizing the existence of tax havens.