I'm partly seeking clarification, because I hear Deepak saying that the Senegalese representative was fully satisfied, but we also had the Foreign Affairs minister asking for a full apology. It seems to me we need to know for sure which is the case. I personally agree with Deepak when he says this affects all of Canada. That's precisely why I think we do need to have an apology. I think it's appropriate for an all-party committee to express that. I think it's appropriate for us to recommend to the Foreign Affairs minister that he do the same, because we don't want in the international arena for it to be thought that we are completely insensitive to two things. One is the racial profiling that unfortunately is all too common these days, and secondly, we're playing a bit loose with what are our diplomatic procedures, which are well established and that we want to see respected.
I would support the motion, but it might help people to know, do we here have a difference of view that the person who was himself treated disrespectfully has said, no problem, I accept the regret--it wasn't an apology--which is certainly less than an apology, but the Foreign Affairs minister said that's not good enough and we are asking for an official apology? Is that what we're dealing with? Can someone clarify that?