I'll simply restate what I said before. Obviously we do take human rights seriously. We were satisfied with the human rights situation in Colombia, where we believe the government has made tremendous progress in challenging circumstances, facing an insurgency, and improving the human rights conditions.
We also believe that free trade agreements, such as the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement, are important to improve the living conditions and the human rights conditions of the citizens in the countries with which we make such agreements. That is again a lesson of history. The free trade agreement in this case will have that kind of salutary effect and benefit for the people of Colombia.
As I understand the proposed Liberal amendment--of course, it has not yet made it to committee to be tabled--you would have Canadian officials assessing the Colombian human rights situation, as well as Colombian officials assessing their own human rights situation, so it's not merely a question of self-assessment. But we've already had the benefit of that kind of assessment from our officials. That is why we were satisfied with the human rights conditions there and why it is beneficial to enter into the agreement at this time.