Mr. Speaker, in my riding I have a constituent who is a Canadian citizen. His wife is an American citizen and a Jordanian citizen. They had a two-year-old daughter. Unfortunately they are divorced. When my constituent was divorced he received custody of the child. Thereafter the mother abducted their two-year-old child and took her to Jordan. This situation happened seven or eight months ago.
The father who had legal custody could not have access to the child. He went to Jordan to fight with the government and the legal system there so that he could bring the child back to Canada because his daughter is a Canadian citizen.
The legal system had him going up and down and back and forth. After many months he could not get the child and bring her back to Canada.
I would like to ask the hon. member what she feels about this kind of situation when the children are abducted and they are carried out of the country. They are not in a position to come back to Canada and the Canadian government has been unable to follow it up. What would be the hon. member's reaction and what would she feel this motion might do to follow up on these kinds of situations?