Thank you, Mr. Biersteker. Thank you, Mr. Miller.
For the benefit of the committee, are the witnesses aware of any analysis that has been done when these individual or economic sanctions are put on vis-à-vis the economic effects on our own industry and our own companies in Canada? Of course, if the discussion here this afternoon is to expand into gross human rights activities, that would probably include a number of potential economic sanctions on further countries and have more impact on the small and medium-sized businesses, and obviously our larger corporations.
I'd be interested in hearing from you an analysis of whether that exists, whether we are doing that now in Canada, and whether there are studies available as it relates to not just the message we are sending, but the effects we are having on our own corporations.
I'll just leave that with you; I'm not looking for an answer right now, but I think it's something we will have to tackle at some point as we look at how we want this legislation to read. Of course, there are private members' bills in the Senate and the House of Commons that sort of reflect this argument of expanding our reach, so I would be very interested in knowing what your views are on that at some point.
Thank you for that, Mr. Miller.
I'll go to Mr. Kent.