If I may, I would like to answer.
The Canadian Supreme Court has adopted the precautionary principle as an international valid standard to prevent environmental and social impacts and damages. The kind of business that Canadian mining companies are trying to do here in Panama, and that they have already started to do here in Panama, would not be feasible in Canada according to those same standards, because in Canada the degree of protection given to the environment is much higher than it is in Panama. As a result, companies are coming here to do business on very unequal terms for our population, taking advantage of the lack of protection and also making the kind of infrastructure and using the kinds of chemicals that are likely to be widely spread by our huge rainfall--about five meters per year--in the area where these projects are going to take place.
Because of our rainfall, it's not possible to keep pollution caused by a copper mine or a gold mine enclosed in a single area and prevent it from widely spreading to rivers and communities located near these huge mining sites. It is unlike what happens in Canada, where there is no rain where mines are located. You can observe that. I would be very happy to host members of the Canadian Parliament here in Panama to talk to the communities and visit the sites so that you yourselves can make your own opinions about this after listening to the communities and seeing the actual places where those investments are taking place.
Thank you very much.