Mr. Speaker, there are good free trade agreements and there are bad ones. Time often tells which they turn out to be.
I get the feeling that, in this case, the government made a positive assessment strictly from a business perspective, and that is more than we can say, because we are far from convinced that this is a good deal.
Colombia is not one of Canada's major trading partners. The human rights aspect does not seem to have been assessed properly.
In the words of my colleague from the NDP, the trade committee said very clearly that there needs to be an independent study. Why does the government not accede to this request?