Thank you.
I have a couple of matters.
First, I want to advise the officials that it is very likely you'll be called back. As you might imagine, this was fairly quick, and the beginning of a process. I want to remind you of what I call connecting the dots. When it comes to machinery of government, it's extremely important.
One of the issues that I know is going to be talked about significantly in this committee is the multilateral significance of these pieces of legislation. If you look at SEMA, and the nine sanctions that are still in place, I'll be interested in having you answer some questions at some point. Were these taken independently or were we following the lead of other countries that had already put sanctions in before Canada put its sanctions in? Are there any on the list at all that were done independently of other nations, or are these all connected multilaterally? Is the review based on information of other countries that are making these kinds of decisions as well? I think that's important to know and to keep in mind.
The other issue that we will be again exploring is to look at the differences. For example, I don't imagine the economic sanctions in Burma are the same as the economic sanctions of the other eight. There's a fairly broad context of how you arrive at economic sanctions. I wonder if you could categorize them for us, meaning there might be simple sanctions for certain countries, and much more complex and elaborate ones, especially on the financial side, for countries like Russia, Ukraine, and then potentially even Iran.
I want to get those differences because they would make the discussion flow a little simpler, I think, if we could do that.
On behalf of the committee, I want to give you the chance to say a last few words, and then we'll go on to our next witnesses. I want to thank you for this opportunity to begin the dialogue, and I want to stress “begin the dialogue”.
Mr. Adsett.