I understand Mr. Dewar's initiative, and I think it's good. I think it does belong here, because we've got the Special Economic Measures Act that DFAIT and CIDA both have responsibilities for with finance, as Mr. Obhrai said, but I think it should be expanded to involve Sudan, because the comprehensive peace agreement is collapsing. What's going to happen in the south is going to make Darfur look like a little backyard brawl, and the situation is becoming worse very quickly. So the crisis is going to expand and become much worse than what we've seen. So what I could recommend, as a friendly amendment to Mr. Dewar, is that we change the word “Darfur” to “Sudan”, and then after the words “committee to share knowledge”.... I'll word it in a friendly amendment: “...pursuant to Standing Order...as part of its ongoing concern for the crisis in Darfur--”
On November 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.