Mr. Chair, in answering that question I have to say that an assumption is being made by the member of Parliament that Canada is responsible for torture. First of all, I don't think that's an assumption that can go unchallenged, but it's not something I'm here to really talk about.
What happens when these reports come into the department is they are used for various purposes. They are used to inform memos to the government and to the minister with advice on different issues. They are used, as I said, to inform us in coming up with representations and votes at the UN Human Rights Council or UN committees on human rights. They are used to help form positions on government policy.
In that respect, all of the content, whatever that content would be—and you have speculated on what that content might be—would all be filtered into the advice that goes forward to the government.