Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, minister, for your time and your presentation.
While some have made the criticism that the legislation before us does not go far enough in prohibiting cluster munitions, one area specifically that has come under criticism is article 21.
If article 21 had not been in the convention, would Canada have been able to ratify it? I understand that during the negotiations, countries such as Australia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom had expressed some kind of concern, if the convention were to include article 21.