Of those here currently, yes.
We chose Indonesia because of the progressive nature of Indonesia's Muslim community and the outlook that Indonesia had. Of course, you've had your share, with the Bali bombings and so on.
The committee had extensive discussion with your academics and your politicians. We came out with a good impression of Indonesia--that Indonesia was actually working and had strong democratic values, that the kind of Muslim society Indonesia had was quite different from all the others. The committee felt that we could actually very much engage with Indonesia on that level. You're the largest Muslim country in the world. If I'm not mistaken, McGill University has a very strong program in Jakarta, where we visited.
I want to take this opportunity to say that we indeed came out with an excellent impression, including of how you handled the crisis of the Bali bombings and the crisis with Abubakar and so on. I think Canadians feel quite comfortable today with the direction in which Indonesians have gone, including you as members of Parliament.
So I want to take this opportunity to commend all of you--your elections went very well, after the dictatorship you had--for the direction Indonesia is going in. We are pretty comfortable with it, and I want to congratulate all of you for working toward the democratic idea and making Indonesia one of the strong places to which Canada is looking for a strong, cooperative relationship going forward.
