Mr. Speaker, I want to say two things. First, in a modern economy, there is nothing wrong with wanting to protect investments, and it is not a sin to want to protect property rights.
At the same time, it is very important that we respect all general human rights and labour rights. Furthermore, there are more than just property rights. It is not simply a matter of protecting the investors, because investors are always protected. They are already protected and they have no problem.
Do Canadian foreign investors in Colombia think that they have no protection in Colombia? On the contrary, they are already there because they are protected, and they will not disappear if there is no agreement.
What really matters to us is how we will do it. We will expand the notion that rights are applicable everywhere, and that they are shared throughout the world.
Is that the opposite of property rights? I do not think so. Is it limited to property rights? I do not think so either.