Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is. Mr. Chair, I'm not quite understanding the link between the anti-crime capacity building program, which is a Government of Canada program at Global Affairs Canada, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the inter-American system.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Chair, I can't talk about what may, or what should, or what could happen. These are policy decisions that are up to the minister to decide. The only thing I can speak about is what we are doing now. I've indicated a number of different initiatives, whether bilaterally, or regionally with the G16, or multilaterally through the United Nations system.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Chair, we are having regular conversations, again, bilaterally, regionally, and multilaterally. We are having regular conversations with Honduran officials about some of the things they need to do, some of the things that we find unacceptable. We've had a few of those cases in the past couple of weeks.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. What I'm familiar with is the fact that they've created the Canada-Honduras business council. A number of issues drive its agenda, but top of list is the issue of human rights.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  With these court cases, no.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, on the anti-crime capacity-building program, I'm not familiar with the particular issue the member is referring to, but I do know that since 2009, close to $4 million has been invested by in Honduras to build the capacity to provide training and equipment to ensure the Honduran national police are well equipped and well trained to do the job they need to do.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, I think it's premature to have that conversation because the commission is not closing. The call that came out about two weeks ago in that press release painted a grim picture of the commission. There needs to be conversations at the OAS about this. I think it's a bit premature to talk about the end of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, we’ll share the answer, if we may. In response to the first question about the development program, I should first mention that Honduras is the Central American country where our development program is most substantial. It was actually $29 million in 2014-15. Its aim is particularly to build capacity in the areas of governance, human rights, the rule of law and the justice system.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Overall, Mr. Chair, this is not just about the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The OAS as a whole is going through a significant financial crisis. This is a $120 million organization, give or take, that's running on $80 million. Part of the problem is that some significant member states, such as Brazil and Venezuela, have not paid their dues, and that is creating a significant shortfall.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In Honduras and the Central America region, Canada remains very concerned about the security situation. In terms of murders and violence in the region, those statistics seem to be coming down. There seems to be a positive story around there, but it's simply not enough. With the recent events that we have seen in Honduras, it's not just about the indigenous leaders and the terrible circumstances around those murders.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. One of the issues we're trying to look at in Honduras, or Central America write large, is the root causes of some of the challenges we're seeing on the security front. We talked about human rights, which is one of the root causes, and social exclusion, and economic opportunities for young people.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, with your permission, we can look back in the department if there's been a report produced on this. I don't have this offhand, but we'd be pleased to share it with the subcommittee.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As I mentioned earlier, Mr. Chair, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has been front and centre in discussions on human rights in the inter-american system over the past couple of weeks, and leading in to the OAS general assembly on Monday it will continue to be so. Canada has continued to support the promotion of human rights and the human rights system in the Americas and will continue to do so.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have the names of the three companies—unless David does—but with your permission, we'd be pleased to get back to you on that.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can't speak of reports, Chair, specifically with respect to the member's question. That said, our efforts toward CSR are a regular occurrence, whether in sensitizing our companies—not just in Honduras, by the way, but across the region—or holding workshops in our embassies and so on, on how we expect our companies to conduct themselves in-country.