Less than an hour ago Abraham Abraham was here, from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and my Liberal colleagues were pushing in support of the safe countries designation. I hear very clearly from the three witnesses here that they do not support that kind of designation and that this kind of designation would have serious implications for gay and lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered refugee claimants, especially from a lot of the African countries, or Jamaica, etc.
To Egale, and then to the rest of the witnesses, have you been able to communicate that concern to the Liberal Party of Canada? Both the Bloc and the New Democrats are onside in not having safe countries designation, and also in making sure there are humanitarian and compassionate grounds considerations, because these too will be eliminated if Bill C-11 passes.
So Egale first.