I wish I had time for a couple of them, but I will just focus on one thing.
I had a chance to go to a conference in Berlin about two weeks ago. There were about 90 members of parliament from around the world who came together to talk about religious freedom. One of the questions I heard consistently was “Where is Canada?” They are familiar with the Office of Religious Freedom, the small budget that it had, and the work it had done. It was known around the world and seen as a real leading light in that area. Canada was chairing the international contact working group and was seen as being completely pivotal in putting that initiative together.
I see that the government has said they are going to continue the chairmanship of the group, but no one seemed to know or understand that Canada was still involved in that. Can you tell me if we are continuing to chair that group? What is the plan going forward with that international working group?