Thank you for the question.
As I expressed, I don't think the proposed FTA is going to help to address the tremendous need in Honduras. Actually, what are required are policies to strengthen state initiatives in the social sector, including education, training, promotion of small enterprises, and protecting labour and social rights. Many of these aspects are not part of the FTA. The strengthening of investors' rights by disregarding other rights actually works in the opposite direction.
There is no doubt that Canada could have a much larger presence in the country, not through an FTA, but by developing a series of relationships at the civil society level, by increasing cooperation, and by strengthening the judicial system and the rule of law and democratic development. There are also many other ways that would be profoundly more important to meeting the needs of the needy in Honduras.