Mr. Speaker, to join the treaty, we would first have to respect it.
Experts have testified to the serious problems in the bill to implement the Arms Trade Treaty. Two detailed reports have been issued that insist that the government's Bill C-47 does not reflect either the spirit or the letter of the treaty. Nothing in the bill would prevent future arms deals with human rights abusers.
I ask the minister again. Will the government amend the bill or withdraw it and start over?