We don't support the amendment. I've made that clear, but I want to clarify.
It's fine to point to comments or submissions made by witnesses, but I recall this very directly, because I asked a number of questions to our UNHCR representative who came here. When I continued to ask point-blank about other countries and how they compare to what we were doing on this specific issue, his response was that he could give me a direct answer, or he could do as he did, in that he ended up giving me an answer and saying that, well, just because we're making recommendations doesn't mean that you're not meeting the criteria.
So while I have no difficulty whatsoever with hearing what the recommendations might be from the UNHCR, when we did have the witness here, he indicated that they weren't basing their recommendations on minimum thresholds or on what other countries were doing. In his responses he acknowledged that other countries were not doing as much as we are going to do under this legislation. It didn't mean they were pursuing them because they were not compliant with—as you've referred to so many times—the convention of 1951.
I should point out that you can use the material—no problem—but understand that his response was somewhat different in nature in terms of what you're suggesting.
(Amendment negatived)