Yes. Actually I should start by apologizing; maybe I didn't make myself sufficiently clear. The gist of my argument had nothing to do with whether or not in situations of diplomatic protection the Canadian charter applies abroad. Some files may involve this aspect, and Mr. Champ was involved in one of them.
The argument I was making this morning was that this is not an issue of whether the Canadian charter applies extraterritorially. With regard to the Canadian charter, there's no lawyer in this country who would contest that this proposition applies to Canadian territory. The decisions with regard to diplomatic protection are made by the Government of Canada in this country. In deciding as to the validity and the charter conformity of those decisions, the Charter of Rights, particularly section 7—the right to life, security, and liberty of the person—should be the guiding principle in deciding how to address those issues.