Thank you for the question and your intervention, Ms. Lalonde.
Unfortunately, I am forced to agree with you that we will not be seeing any kind of prescriptive change any time soon that would accelerate the process and lead to a happy ending, whether it be in terms of a legislation or rulings in current cases.
In the history of Canadian law, it would not be the first time that work must be done over the medium and the long term to obtain changes and clear indications that already exist in Canadian law, but having this shown and confirmed by the courts is new.
Allow me to draw a parallel with equality rights without discrimination. Politically speaking, we have been working to promote and concretely enforce equality rights without discrimination since the late 1960s. It took a very long time, some 15 years, before we had the means to do so. Obviously, the last big piece was the adoption of the charter in 1982 and section 15 on equality rights, which came into force in 1985. That is not very long ago. It takes time. For people who are currently going through unfortunate situations, this is a disappointing response, but the case that is currently before the Supreme Court of Canada, that is, Mr. Khadr's appeal, will be heard in November. I hope that a ruling will be handed down quickly. That would be an important step towards moving Canadian law in the right direction, toward better protection and better treatment of Canadians abroad.