Mr. Speaker, clearly we recognize that the United States of America determines who goes across its borders and who does not, as every sovereign country does. What we do is we tell our American friends on every occasion that those of us living in Canada are not involved in terrorism and we wish to work with Americans to establish moderate voices. I understand the people who went there were moderate people trying to establish links with moderate voices in the United States of America. We will continue to make sure the American government understands that from Canada we come as friends. That is the voice we have with the United States and we will continue to keep that tone.
In the House of Commons on September 15th, 2003. See this statement in context.