Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Edmonton—Strathcona is by far the strongest MP from Alberta in this House of Commons. She does a tremendous job speaking up for her province. I am wondering how she feels this plays back home in her region of Alberta. The Conservatives are trying to push through a deal with what is tied for the worst regime for dirty drug money laundering on the entire planet.

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, there was little comment in the minister's speech. The minister is a failed minister with a failed trade strategy. It is not just the softwood lumber sellout that killed tens of thousands of jobs right across the country. It is not just the buy America sellout that has been condemned as the second worst agreement ever signed by Canada.

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not agree with the hon. member's comments, but I do appreciate them. My colleague knows that two years ago the trade committee had hearings in Colombia where we heard from the labour movement. The committee was unanimous in its recommendation that the government not proceed with trade negotiations with the Government of Colombia until an independent human rights assessment was done on the impact of the agreement on human rights in Colombia given the egregious constant and ongoing human rights violations taking place there.

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I enjoyed the member's speech very much. He has a great deal of experience in the House and has understood what is at stake with this free trade agreement. All human rights organizations,without exception, are opposed to this agreement. As the member knows very well, even the members of the Standing Committee on International Trade, when they saw what was happening on the ground, stated that it made no sense to go ahead with the agreement without an independent and impartial assessment of its impact.

Canada-Jordan Free Trade Act  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to follow my colleague from Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, as associate of the trade committee, to talk about Bill C-57. As we know, this was tabled just this week. Therefore, within the space of a few hours, we have been able to take a look at the bill and at the many clauses, both of the free trade agreement itself and, more important, the issue around the investor state protections, which is part of the template that our international trade ministry brings to every trade agreement that we sign, and two other side agreements that have no real obligations contained within them.

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Abbotsford cannot get me started on the billion dollars the government wasted on the G20 with the fake lake and thousands of dollars spent on bug spray. It was absolutely irresponsible However, it is interesting to note that the Conservatives are again trying to spin the figures and not put them in constant terms.

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Mr. Speaker, I wish the member for Mississauga South was the trade critic for the Liberal Party because, when he rises on trade issues, he makes a great deal of sense. Those are exactly the kinds of questions that should be asked in the House. He is absolutely right. Here we have one of the most notorious, drug-pushing, money-laundering tax havens on the planet and the government says that it is okay, that it is going to give a stamp of approval to the actions of that government and that it will not address any of the money laundering, not a word on the tax haven status and not a word on money laundering.

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. As the hon. member knows, we have denounced what violence has come from FARC. What we are talking about is the Colombian government.

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Madam Speaker, the bill should be called “Drug traffickers: You can keep the proceeds of crime act”, because that is exactly what the current government is presenting. “Send the proceeds of crime to Panama” is what the government is saying. I would like to ask the parliamentary secretary, because he has just not dealt with any of the witnesses who spoke to this issue, why is he saying the IRS is wrong in investigating so many cases of dirty drug money laundering in Panama?

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Madam Speaker, I did not say that the NDP had done an impact study. I would like to state for the record and for the member for Eglinton—Lawrence that what I was saying was that it was surprising to me that the Conservative government, regardless of the agreement it tossed on the floor of the House of Commons, never does its due diligence.

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  moved: Motion No. 1 That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 7. Motion No. 2 That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 10. Motion No. 3 That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 12. Motion No. 4 That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 63.

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  moved: Motion No. 1 That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting Clause 1. Motion No. 2 That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting Clause 2. Motion No. 3 That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting Clause 3. Motion No. 4 That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting Clause 4. Motion No. 5 That Bill C-20 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, he should apologize for his and his government's stand on Colombia. It is absolutely embarrassing. Colombia is number one in the world for labour killings and number one in the world for violent theft of land. The government pretends that there is a democratic government in Colombia but the international election monitoring report detailed fraud, coercion and fear of violence as the election period begins.

Canada-Jordan Free Trade Act  Mr. Speaker, the truth of the powerful NDP words again is having some impact on the Conservative side of the House. Thank goodness. I just wish they would put more of what we say into action. That is the fundamental reality. We see exports fall. We see a lack of support for important strategic sectors and then we see deals signed that actually undermine those key sectors.

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, the minister is not even aware of the export figures from his ministry. We asked him for the constant dollar value of exports into the countries with which we had signed bilateral trade agreements and his ministry could not furnish constant dollar figures. What they show is that exports have gone down every time Canada has signed a bilateral trade agreement.