Mr. Speaker, I would like to highlight the work being done by one of my constituents, who is getting ready to take part in a major humanitarian operation in Iraq.
Gilbert Corniglion is currently working for the Red Cross. After spending a year in Sri Lanka, he arrived in Jordan at the beginning of the year, where he worked providing vital assistance to communities living in zones of conflict.
In an interview published in a riding weekly newspaper, he said, and I quote, “Arab-Palestinian opinion is massively and staunchly anti-American, and is flaring up in favour of Saddam. The same thing is happening in Amman, where the regime is walking a tightrope because of its support for the United States”.
Since there is a war being waged, we will have to look after those who pour into the refugee camps. How many will there be? Hundreds? Millions? No one knows. However, Mr. Corniglion said that one thing that is sure, unfortunately, is that there will be a great deal of work.
I applaud the work that Mr. Corniglion and all of the Red Cross workers are doing.