Thank you, Chair.
With due respect, Minister, part of the reason this issue is clouded is because of comments you've made. We're having a difficult time. In fact, even today in your comments.... I don't have the actual words in front of me, so I apologize as I don't have this verbatim.
In your interpretation of the sovereignty clause, as you refer to it, you say that it allows foreign nations to “impose”--this is in your words, this is a quote--their interests within Canadian jurisdiction. Well, surely that's not accurate; there's nothing in the amended convention that allows another country to impose its interests within Canadian jurisdiction.