Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Sorenson. To conclude this very nice session, of course, followed up by our embassy here--and your Mr. Holmes is a very good ambassador in Jakarta--we'd like to give you some mementoes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Regarding climate change and global warming, as a member of Parliament I think there is a need to discuss that. Not only the government executive branch but also the legislative branch in every country informs the public policy involved in the legislative process. Many things h

Foreign Affairs committee  It's 242 million, and 17,000 islands.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  He was the president, but now the PDI Perjuangan is the opposition party. And the second one, PKS, is the Justice Party. But may I call it the Muslim party?

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, it's the Muslim party. And they received 8% of the popular vote in the last election. In the election of 2004, they received only 7%. PBR is a very nice name for a party, and there is the Reform Star Party. But I am very sad to tell you that in this election—because we hav

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Sorenson, we would like to discuss something that is very important to us: the public policy of your country and your Parliament and how to handle the global financial crisis. There is also the global food crisis, global warming, human rights issues; there are many issues. We

Foreign Affairs committee  I can explain about that. Taufan is the vice-chairperson of this group and he is from the PDI Perjuangan, which means the Democratic Party of Indonesia—Struggle, formerly the party of Megawati Sukarnoputri, the former president.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Sorenson. I am Dr. Bomer Pasaribu. First of all, on behalf of the members of the Canada-Indonesia Interparliamentary Friendship Group, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the warm welcome to our delegation here. On this visit, I am the chairperson