My question today is directed to the government leader, Senator Gold.

I just returned from two days of meetings with young leaders from many different parts of Canada for the first Youth-Parliament Nuclear Summit. Today presented to a number of parliamentarians was a youth declaration with specific recommendations. Chief among those recommendations from the young leaders, both online and in person in the Senate buildings, was for Canada to send a delegation to next week’s meetings at the UN headquarters in New York — the second meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. To date, there has been no announcement. Other NATO members are sending delegations. When will Canada announce its decision?

Thank you. I have a brief supplementary that relates to parliamentarians.

A number of parliamentarians, myself included, have indicated to the government that we would be delighted to be official observers to this meeting. That does not necessarily mean that we would be delegates as part of an official Canadian delegation. I wonder if you could seek clarification on our request to be noted by the Government of Canada as observers.