Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. We can see the expertise he gained while serving as foreign affairs minister.
I would like his thoughts on what the Canadian government has done, or not done, with respect to welcoming refugees.
For example, one of the measures on the table is the idea of considering these people not as refugees, but as something along the lines of foreign workers.
A medical exam is required, but some of these people currently do not have an income. Of course they get help from the government, but they arrive here and have to get a medical exam. These exams are not available in regions like Abitibi—Témiscamingue, so they have to drive six to eight hours away.
Is that fair? Could the government have thought about that and about how to welcome people from other countries properly, especially in a tense climate such as a war?