Switzerland has in place very similar legislation to this, although it allows the quick freezing for up to ten years, so their time period is a little bit longer than ours.
The United States has the capability of quick freezing assets through the tool of the executive order. This is not a tool that is available to us. Just by way of example, the United States issued a presidential order a week ago Friday freezing the assets of named members of the Gadhafi regime prior to the passage of the UN Security Council resolution that required UN member states to do so. They were able to do that with a very nimble tool that they have in their particular kit.
The EU has a similar tool, which also does not require an evidentiary basis for an asset freeze. Once the EU passes a directive ordering their member states to freeze those assets, it is binding on all EU member states at the same time. So our democratic partners have very similar tools already in place. We are simply using the Canadian legislative framework to do what they're doing through different ways and means.