I want to thank Ms. Laverdière for bringing this forward. I just want to qualify a bit why Conservatives will be voting against this study.
I think these are very important issues. Certainly, Ms. Laverdière has put forward a number of studies, which the committee has done recently, one on consular affairs, which we just wrapped up, and there have been other proposals for studies that the committee has adopted.
At the same time, there are many different issues to study in terms of foreign affairs. I know that we have a proposal for a study of security threats in Canada's Arctic, and that's something that is right on our immediate doorstep in terms of our own security. This is not to minimize the importance of these issues in the Middle East, which I think all of us are seized with and engaged with in different ways. However, at the same time, there has to be a bit of balance in terms of different members of the committee putting forward different studies that are adopted. I think we should proceed with the Arctic study. There may be proposals from other members in terms of what we study as well. On that basis, just in terms of time allocation and what studies different members have put forward, I think that our side, at least, is going to vote against those.