Mr. Speaker, his leader used to be a Canadian ambassador to France, situated in Paris. It was under his leader's jurisdiction as well that some visitor visa applications coming through France were accepted, some were refused, and some were reviewed. That was the process when his leader used to be a Canadian ambassador in France. That continues to be the process today.
What I would suggest is that the situation in Algeria, by no means easy or by no means orderly, should be solved by the international community. What I would suggest to the hon. member, however, is that to utilize a visitor visa program for any one country is not the solution and it would jeopardize our visitor visa program internationally.
There is a way to deal with refugee crises. There is a way to deal with how to utilize a country's forces to address a destabilized area. That solution, however, does not lie in a visitor visa program.