There aint no easy way out stand my ground i walked back down nice music. Hello. Welcome. [speaking french] [eking french] thank you for being here. It is a great honor for me to be here. I am somewhat intimidated even though it is several years since the Prime Minister and president were in office, i am still intimidated around them but i want to point out our titles start with the same word, former. So that makes a sort of equal. If i heard use the speak french before i might not have made you a veteran. You would have a lot of reasons to take that back. It is so bright i cant see but i know ramon is here somewhere. I wanted to acknowledge ramon who is actually my partner was i was ambassador, the canadian ambassador to the United States, was a remarkable Career Foreign Service officer from canada, and we did work very well together which is a model for how investors should work. President clinton worked to appoint an ambassador to canada, couldnt find one and settled on me. So lets
[ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] weve already announced more, already are doing more. But this isnt just a game of trying to up the numbers. Were trying to do things responsibly. Ive visited refugee camps in syria, in northern iraq. Ive visited with families we have accepted from these regions. I have met with leaders from those communities, not just in canada, but in the region itself. And i can certainly tell you, from my visits to the refugee camps in jordan and debriefings there, we cant pretend there are no security risks. Its important that we do screening. Those countries in the world that responded to these headlines as these others would have by just opening the doors and doing no checking have rapidly regretted that, and are now trying to put in place the very kind of system that canada has been pursuing all along. Its a generous response, its a responsible response. It is not based on the headlines. It is based on the right thing to do. [ applause ] [ speaking french