Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're getting there. A question like that makes my eyes sparkle, so thank you. What we had at that time in history were two real successes and a massive failure. The two real successes were the CIREFCA, the process in Latin America, and the response to the Indochinese. What we f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's an excellent question. My simple answer, in the interest of time, and not to be facetious, is let's start with those actors with whom we can have a good-faith conversation about change. We're not going to be able to do it everywhere at once, but I believe there are opportu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was just going to say that I think that speaks very much to the question of having coherence between our domestic policy and our international policy and ensuring that Canada has moral authority, which enables Canada to demonstrate that leadership and, frankly, benefit from the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. It's a really important question. I would underscore that it's not limited to the question of the Rohingya. As you would have seen in Tanzania, it's very similar to the Burundian refugee situation. This is the third time in my lifetime that we've seen a major flow of t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm aware of the idea; it's in circulation. I'm not the most enthusiastic supporter of the idea, for three reasons. First, I think the political questions in dealing with refugee-hosting countries and countries of origin.... I know this has been discussed with some leaders invol

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I fully agree with that. I think in terms of a very broad range of options. The concern I have is in some of the ways it has been discussed. It's not a panacea. As it contributes to an accountability framework, it's quite important, but when scarce political will and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The important way to answer that is in the context of action that's taken in response to the situation in the United States. There are definite concerns that should be raised in terms of the protection environment that's in the United States. The question is what it does to Canad

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would do two things. You have a lot of refugee-hosting countries that have invested confidence in the process, and it's an opportunity to demonstrate that collective action works. Second, it gives normative legitimacy to ideas that have been in the working for a long time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Such as linking humanitarian and development responses, engaging the World Bank in responding to the needs of refugees in host communities, and refugee participation in decision-making. These are ideas that have been working. We've done it in some places. What would change is th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes and no. When the compact was written, some of these questions of who counts as a refugee.... The UNHCR guidelines, for example, on persecution as a result of gender identity and sexual orientation are not accepted by all states. If you put that overtly within the document, yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is where there's a very specific recommendation of something this committee can explore. The easy answer is to devote more money. With the global compact, we have a new way of thinking, of linking development and humanitarian responses. Canada already has engagements and a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They've done a bit of both, so it's a bit of a non-answer.