Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the question. I absolutely agree with him that the government has in part abrogated its responsibility by putting trade above human rights.
They are not mutually exclusive principles. They can occur hand in hand. You do not have to abrogate your responsibilities to the businesses in this country by just dealing with human rights because it is not fair to them.
However, to ignore human rights ignores that constructive, effective and economic interactions between countries is predicated on peace. If you do not have peace you will not have trade. Therefore both are two parts of the same whole and both can be dealt with in co-operation. I think the international community and the business sector must have a vested interest in peace building. I know the government can deal with both without the exclusion of the other.