Thank you.
That statement was made by Deputy Prime Minister John Manley upon signing the safe third country agreement in 2002. That agreement was signed after Canada was in a very similar situation to today's. It was designed to prevent people from entering Canada and seeking asylum after they had already reached the United States.
Now, in a scrum today, Minister Goodale was asked if he intended to ask the Americans—because he had asserted that they wouldn't accept people back if we extended the agreement—and he said that he was waiting for the Americans to start the conversation. Was that an official invitation for the American government to start negotiations with you and Minister Goodale—whoever's in charge?