Thank you, Chair. Thank you all for being here.
It's an interesting discussion. As I said at our last meeting, it's getting more and more interesting as we get into this thing. I want to direct some of my questions, maybe all of them, to Mr. Black.
Mr. Black, I'm going to be 60 years old this year, and I have found in life that the older I get, the more I thought I understood things, the less I understand them. Often what we think is reality, we find out is not. I think you know what I'm talking about. Some of the things you mentioned are startling. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I want to ask you first of all if Canada is participating in this like the United States, I suspect possibly through the UN. But this seems to be an American problem. I don't want to be critical of Mr. Schwisberg, but I think a lot of this had good intentions at one time. We thought we might be able to alleviate some of the misery in the Middle East and well-intentioned people pressured their legislators to forward millions, probably billions of dollars, but we're being fooled.
I wonder if you could let this committee know whether or not we as a Canadian government are participating in this as well.