There's a big difference between not suspending and never raising the potential to suspend. One of the things that we're actually required to do under the safe third country agreement is to monitor compliance with policies that protect human rights and treat refugees and asylum seekers with fairness and compassion.
We do this on an ongoing basis. The factors that we consider as to whether a country could be designated as a safe country for the purpose of the safe third country agreement include whether they're a party to the convention against torture and the refugee convention. Their policies and practices where this ongoing monitoring is particularly important are also considered, as well as the human rights record of a country. Because there is one particular policy that may be different from what Canada would like to see happen, it's not necessarily the case that that results in the automatic suspension of the agreement. We look at the sum total of these factors and make an assessment on a regular basis as to whether the country we're dealing with continues to meet that safe country standard.
Our government's view is that the United States, given the totality of these factors, continues to meet that standard, which is why we have not made any decision to suspend the safe third country agreement.