Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In its statement of policy last week, the government set human rights as a matter for priority action in its foreign policy. It is therefore not clear why Canada is not speaking out on the intensified intervention of the Mexican army in Chiapas.
How could the Canadian government close its eyes to what is happening in Mexico, one of its principal economic partners, as the army is bombarding civilian groups in an attempt to stop the Zapatista movement?