Mr. Chairman, regarding the development of Canada's sanctions regime, I would start by saying that Canada has an extremely strong sanctions regime, and as you've said, Mr. Dewar, we've developed our approach in very close consultation and coordination with key partners. Above all in the case of the sanctions regime against Russia in response to aggression in Ukraine, with the United States and the European Union, these discussions take place very frequently in different formats, such as phone conferences and in-person meetings, and have done so regularly since March of 2014.
Because the view has been that those partners who are applying sanctions should have a consistent approach in terms of scope and size, the approach of each partner in informed by, while not necessarily identical to, those of the other partners. So as we make recommendations, we take into account above all the objective of the sanctions, which is to apply economic pressure on Russia and the Putin government. We believe the sanctions in place are in fact having this effect, so that's one primary consideration, and we make recommendations on that basis. That has been our approach in essence.