Mr. Chairman, the member is asking how effective trade sanctions are in approving human rights in developing countries. The only way that trade sanctions can be effective is when they are done generally by a massive number of countries. That will have some impact.
Canada is far too small a market for almost any country to have an impact on its own. We are really only harming ourselves if we try do that sort of thing.
Trade sanctions, where it is possible to use them, and it has been done only very seldom, are only effective if at all effective when done in conjunction with, for example, the whole United Nations, the whole Commonwealth or something like that.
It is not really possible to have any impact on these countries with our very small market here in Canada.