Okay, thank you.
I'd like to go to Ms. Macdonald.
In terms of some of the things we've heard, just to clarify, a lot of the Westminster Parliaments, and Mr. Butcher was quite explicit on this with regard to the U.K. and we've heard about New Zealand and Australia, a lot of Westminster democracies put a number of these things into regulation or policy, as opposed to specifically in the language of the bill. One of the things he said to us is, regardless of how a country chooses to do that, whether it's through regulation or legislation, we are legally bound. Once we accede to the treaty, that is a legally binding commitment on Canada. There's actually quite a bit of flexibility in terms of how countries do that.
In terms of the language, I know that in article 7 there are a number of places, for instance in number 1, where it says “taking into account relevant factors”. Number 2 says “shall also consider whether there are measures that could be undertaken”, and then even in the gender-based violence one, it says “shall take into account the risk”.
Given that the language of the treaty itself and the language of the bill are very similar and that the treaty, the part that you cited in paragraph 3, whether the exporting state party “shall not authorize the export”, if it doesn't meet these, Canada will have legally binding legislation we would have to comply with. Is that correct?