To the witnesses, Global Affairs' policy, as I understand it.... We had a discussion recently about the French model of how—I hate to use the term “foreign”—members of Parliament represent citizens abroad and whether a similar system should be created here in Canada.
My understanding is that right now, despite the request of those individuals to have elections for members of Parliament abroad conducted on Canadian soil, as well as in other countries around the world where they provide representation, our foreign policy is that we do not allow that to happen.
If we created a system in this country where we have members of Parliament represent citizens abroad, would that not, in your opinion, be counter to our current foreign policy as it exists with respect to the other countries that already have such a system in place?