Foreign Affairs committee  As I can see right now from what is drafted in the amendment, the scope of a government-wide international human rights strategy as proposed is extremely broad and encompasses much of Canada's international work. Creating and maintaining the strategy would probably require the allocation of entirely new financial and human resources.

Foreign Affairs committee  Without seeing the exact wording of the text, I would say, based on listening to what has been presented on the table, that this would likely increase the financial and human resources needed to prepare such a report and a list.

Foreign Affairs committee  You're correct that Canadian Heritage would lead on the reporting that would go to the UN about our domestic implementation of human rights. That's a job undertaken between the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Department of Justice and Global Affairs Canada. It would be hard to say for certain.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not a lawyer, so I can't comment on the legality piece. I'll restate that the onus falls on the government to ensure that no harm is done by any actions it takes. I can't comment on the legality. I'm sorry.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll speak briefly about how we see the risks of publishing a list in any sort of human rights report. Witnesses before me have outlined significant concerns that the government sees in publishing any sort of list of names, or even the circumstances of potential conditions of detention and the circumstances of that detention.