I think that's an excellent question.
There are a couple of things I would like to communicate to average Canadians who care about human rights but maybe aren't following this story as closely.
First of all, I think it's important for them to know what Iranians are fighting for. Iran is, for all intents and purposes, an apartheid state, based on gender, based on religion and based on ethnicity. Its economy is in free fall. As I mentioned in my remarks, it cannot provide water. The very basics of life, it cannot provide to its people. I think Canadians should understand the level of desperation that Iranians feel, having lived under this regime for nearly 50 years. That's point number one that I would make.
The second thing I'd want to communicate to your average Canadian is a point that's been made a couple of times here on this panel. This is not simply an Iranian problem; this is also a Canadian problem. This is a problem where our former attorney general and minister of justice has to live with security because this regime is going to try to kill him. It is a problem when the IRGC shoots down a plane and kills many Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
The problem will not stay confined there. We have to deal with the regime there so that we can live safely here.