Mr. Speaker, with Canada chairing the upcoming OAS meetings in Windsor, the government has an opportunity to put human rights, not the free trade agreement of the Americas, front and centre.
Half of all trade unionists murdered in the world last year died in Colombia. Francisco Ramirez, the Colombian Mine Workers president, who met recently with foreign affairs officials, lives under constant threat from military sponsored death squads.
At this weeks OAS meetings what will Canada do to address the labour and human rights issues and, in particular, the case of Francisco Ramirez?