Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd actually like to pick up on that, Mr. Axworthy. I particularly appreciate the work that you do, especially in this capacity, even though you were the former minister for the Liberal Party and I'm NDP. That said, I appreciate the work that you do, because it is not a partisan issue when we're talking about a humanitarian crisis, when we're talking about lives. It's not a show, either. It's not about tricking people into a perspective.
I do want to touch on the safe third country agreement, because it's so easy to simply say, “Oh, gee, the United States is a safe country, because the UN refers people to that country at the moment”, but we are trying to neglect and ignore the fact that the United States currently, as you were mentioning, Mr. Axworthy, rips children away from parents. We are currently ignoring the fact that the United States is declaring transgender people, people from the LGBTQ community, to be stripped of their identity, as though somehow it is a safe thing for people to be there seeking asylum. It's so easy to be clear-cut and black and white on that. In reality, though, when it impacts people's lives, it's maybe not so much black and white.
On that question, I appreciate the comments that you made, Mr. Axworthy, that Canada needs to suspend the safe third country agreement because of those actions of the United States.
With that said, on the global compact issue, you mentioned a variety of things on which Canada can take action. Although you're from a think tank, I am particularly interested in getting your thoughts with your experience as a former cabinet minister on the actions that you think Canada should take that would contribute to dealing with this global crisis that we're all faced with as human beings on this globe.