Madam Speaker, I have spoken clearly. I have worked for 35 years with organizations that represent indigenous peoples. I have worked with public interest environmental legal organizations in South America. They are asking for exactly what I am asking. It is not a question of whether there should be fair trade between countries. The point is they are that saying they would like to have the benefits that come with it. There are no benefits. There is no open right to scrutiny. There are no safeguards. There are no penalities to protect their interests in this agreement. Until those provisions are added in, we should not bring forward this agreement to be signed.
In the House of Commons on September 14th, 2009. See this statement in context.