Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you very much, all of you, for appearing and for your work.
It is interesting hearing from you in the first hearing following Ms. Oliva, because both the department—the administrative officials behind trade, the non-politicians—and Ms. Oliva stated the profound problems in Honduras, and you have reiterated a lot of those today, particularly crime and narco-trafficking and the terrible impact those have on the country.
The important thing I took from Ms. Oliva was that even with her frustration, when she was asked whether Canada should engage or isolate, even one of the most passionate champions didn't want isolation. I think we all agree. In fact I love the quote from John Ralston Saul on how power loves silence. So isolation, I'd suggest, is not the way to go.
Beyond our commercial relations that the free trade agreement would strengthen, Honduras has been a country of focus. Depending on the year, Canada has been either the third- or fifth-largest bilateral donor. There has been our work through the OAS. Some of you have referenced Truth and Reconciliation, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Some of our money has been targeted at justice reform in particular.
Ms. Spring, I think you mentioned the word “impunity” probably 10 times in your remarks. Do you think our continued focus on justice reform and what I'd call institution building, both on the investigative side and on the prosecution side, should remain a focus because of the profound challenges in that area?