Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his comments. They were very thoughtful, but I just want some clarification on one point. Perhaps he missed my speech earlier when I was going through the number of things the Canadian government has already done. I talked about how this initiative was announced on April 5, but the Deputy Prime Minister had already become active in March at a conference.
I mentioned a number of the consulates just a few minutes ago, and what they have done, but I will add to it just so I am not boring the House with the old information. The consulate in Seattle worked with the people in that area. Our consul general in Minneapolis is Kim Butler. I know Peter from our consulate in Washington, who informed the various territories, provinces and associations on the procedure for getting their points and their members, all of whom have great interest in this, into the United States. I just wanted to get that on the record.
The member mentioned the type of special status that we might have had at this point. I would be interested in hearing him outline how that might look and what the special status might be that he was thinking of, just to continue the debate.