There were a lot of problems brought up this time at the hearings, regarding former Bill C-56 and then Bill C-9. I was here at those hearings. We made over a hundred different amendments to the bill. At that time there were a lot of warnings that internationally this country would be embarrassed. And I, quite frankly, believe that we're participating practically with a blind will to not actually help people. I would like to know if the CIDA minister, either past or present--maybe you can't speak to the past, and I understand that--actually approached a colleague from another country about accessing this regime, what the result of that conversation was, and where it went from there.
On April 16th, 2007. See this statement in context.