Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. To me, it's a stupid thing.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, for me, it's an insult that some people speak here and say that political dissidence in Cuba is paid for by the United States or something. The people in Cuba are working in the worst conditions. They don't have food. They don't have anything. This is some kind of

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, there is interference. The United States is interfering.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, no, they interfere in the sense that they have a commission for a free Cuba and so on. The solution for Cuba will come from the Cuban people, and we don't like the United States or another country entering into this problem. We need to look for a solution. The only thing we

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Only one minute.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'll take only one minute. This is a situation we have had for 50 years in Cuba. It's in television, radio, everywhere. I will give you one simple example. I was doing my PhD in Cuba and was looking for data, for information. I went to every sugar factory in my province, Santia

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There is no owner in Cuba—nobody—who takes care of the property there. The government pays the workers and the workers have work, but it doesn't work. Why is there an embargo? Cuba has bought from the United States, up to now, $2 billion in product. For what reason does Cuba ne

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, there is at the moment some kind of problem in Europe with the common position of Europe. I believe that Canada needs to see this position of Europe. I don't want Canadian companies to get out of Cuba. I would like them to stay there, but I would like to see a change in thi

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I have a site on the Internet, and I wrote several articles about the situation involving constructive engagement of Canada with Cuba. For me it's a total failure--except for Canada, except for the workers in Canada and the government in Canada. For the Cuban people there is noth

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's no problem.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Point number two would be that 29 Cuban journalists are incarcerated for no reason. Cuba continues to be one of the world's leading jailers of journalists, second only to China, with 29 independent journalists currently in prison. Of these, 22 were jailed in a crackdown in Marc

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Cuba needs Canada in the future. we're extremely vulnerable to the United States and other superpowers. We want free trade with the entire world and not only with one market. Our sovereignty is the most important issue for us. We are in extreme need of a balance. I know some Ca

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. I will make some points.