Mr. Speaker, the labour issue seems to be the most controversial part of this.
In his speech on May 25, the minister indicated to the House that we had signed a labour accord with Colombia that insisted on both countries following the International Labour Organization rules, regulations and obligations related to trade and labour, which Canada already does.
It would appear there needs to be a bridging of the need to address labour difficulties in order to further justify the sound arguments that bilateral trade for Canada is always a good thing, but this labour issue really has to be addressed.
Could the member give some assurances that there is a plan on how we can strengthen the arguments, vis-à-vis labour regulations?