Mr. Speaker, earlier the parliamentary secretary stated that, given that there is a minority government, free trade agreements cannot be signed without cooperation from the other parties.
In terms of the free trade agreement with Colombia, we know he can count on the Liberal Party.
The member for Kings—Hants said that an agreement would have to be signed in order to do an impact assessment. A committee report accepted by the Liberal party says quite clearly that, before a free trade agreement is signed with Colombia, the impact such an agreement would have on human rights should be studied to be sure that the situation is steadily improving.
Now that the member has given his support for the free trade agreement with Colombia, is the member not saying the opposite of what he is doing?