Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Once again, I want to thank all the witnesses. The purpose of our committee is to draw on the experience that you bring to the table, and we're eternally grateful that you agreed to appear as witnesses.
I want to follow up on a question for Mr. El Shafie. I think it would be fair to say that most of your testimony related to our conduct in foreign affairs and things of that nature. The mandate of this committee, sir, is to ensure that to the best of our abilities we draw on the experience of various Canadians to make sure as we go forward that we can provide the best services to have people who are coming from Syria benefit from having come here and having success in the long term.
I noted in one section you listed a number of different countries that, regrettably, have been sclerotic in their response to the Syrian crisis. Were you suggesting that we follow their examples and not do anything? I'm not quite sure what the purpose of that was.