Mr. Rae, it would certainly be my hope, and I put this respectfully to the committee of which I was once a proud member, that this committee would see fit to conduct either hearings or a study in its own appropriate way in order that the considered view of this committee could go forward to Parliament and the government in the usual way.
Of course, I hope that such a study would convince all concerned that it is in Canada's interest, in the interest of all of Canada, the government, Parliament, everybody here, to open the doors of Ottawa in 2012 for the nations of the world to come here to examine, as I've said, in a preparatory way, the requisites for starting negotiations that would be fully consonant with what the Secretary-General of the United Nations wants.