Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It is now my turn to thank the witnesses for being with us today.
Mr. Nesbitt, I'm going to continue with you on the same subject. In the hour prior to your arrival at the committee, we were discussing the effectiveness of sanctions, particularly with regard to the relationship between Russia and Belarus. The witness who spoke to us about this was referring to the lack of coordination which in some cases renders sanctions all but ineffective.
Listening to your testimony and the questions from my colleagues, I also remember the answers of some officials who came before the committee to testify on the application and implementation of the various sanctions. There seemed to be a vagueness as to who was doing what in all this.
This leads me to ask myself a question, which I'm going to ask you too, because I imagine you may have an answer: If Canada's sanctions are poorly applied abroad, where they should be applied, and they're poorly managed or poorly understood in Canada, don't our efforts amount to a shot in the dark, as we say?