Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the officials for being here today.
I'm going to ask about LGBTQ refugees for several reasons. One is of course that they are a group that is high risk. They are often survivors of sexual violence before they arrive as refugees, and because of homophobia or transphobia they most often lack support networks available to other refugees. I acknowledge that there are other high-risk refugees. I'm not saying it's the only group.
I have approached two ministers of immigration in the Liberal government. In concert with Egale, Canada's human rights trust, with a proposal for what Egale calls a coordinated response to LGBTQ refugees—and I may not have the right people here—I'm going to ask, was that presented to the department for evaluation?