Mr. Speaker, on September 30, the member for Kings—Hants, representing the Liberal Party, made the following comment:
To say that paramilitary forces are murdering union leaders today is false, because everybody who has been studying the issue recognizes that the paramilitary forces have been disbanded....
That is what he said after having been in Colombia for four days.
According to a recent report from Amnesty International, it found that paramilitary groups remain active, despite claims by the government that all paramilitaries had demobilized in a government sponsored process that began in 2003, and that paramilitaries continue to kill civilians and commit other human rights violations, sometimes with the support or acquiescence of the security forces.
How does the member think the member for Kings—Hants came up with that conclusion?