Thank you for saying that, because that was one of the problems I ran into in the sponsorship process, that obviously Canada could not be seen as sponsoring people of one religion only. But Mr. Alnajar and Madame Alobaidi, as I understand, are both Muslims, so they should obviously be included in such a program if such a program existed.
So I would certainly urge this committee to make recommendations to the minister as to the sponsorship.
Mr. Telegdi talked about his own personal experience as a former Hungarian refugee. We've also had the Vietnamese. Canada received the Nansen Medal for the help it gave to the Vietnamese refugees, with the fall of Vietnam to North Vietnam and communist countries.
It seems to me personally that Canada should move forward, not with a few hundred families but in a big way, to help people in Iraq and Iran—and I include Iran in this—be they Christians or Muslims or anything else. They are refugees; they need our help, and I think that Canada should move forward. And I look forward also to the help of the Christian and Muslim faiths here, of the organized communities, to help the Canadian government and to make representations to the Canadian governments through this immigration committee so that this project can move forward.
Thank you.