I'll be brief, then, because I'm in agreement with the Chong-Oliphant plan.
I want to make a general comment, and I mean this as a suggestion from me to the subcommittee. I agree that the subcommittee should discuss these matters.
Recognizing that we're in a minority Parliament, the dissolution of which could come at any time as a result of decisions that are going to be made above our heads, I think we need to look for bite-sized chunks of work that we can accomplish. The motion that we're still officially debating looks at people in fragile contexts, and it gives examples from three continents. From my perspective, it's so broad that it's the kind of megastudy that we risk not completing before events overtake us.
I've learned from experienced members of Parliament that some committees have tried to study issues that were so broad in scope that they ended up coming back to them in Parliament after Parliament after Parliament. That's true in general, and particularly true in the case of minorities.
One suggestion that I want to put forward, again for the subcommittee's consideration, would be that we look at a specific issue of vulnerability. I want to suggest we should look at the issue of Canadian children who are stuck in Kurdish-controlled camps in northern Syria. That is a very specific case of vulnerability, and I think we can identify other specific cases of vulnerability.
If we look at specific issues rather than the general issue of people having challenges in places, we can come up with more targeted recommendations and more actionable results for the government.
I put that forward merely as a suggestion for discussion at the subcommittee. I'm supportive of moving forward with the plan that Mr. Chong and Mr. Oliphant have put forward.