It could start at home. Canada ratified the Vienna convention in 1974, I believe it was. Many parts of the Vienna convention were implemented under Canadian law by Parliament in 1991, but not article 36. Consequently, compliance with those consular notification and access provisions by Canadian jurisdictions has been, I would say, haphazard at best. This matters because it weakens our arguments abroad when we go to another country and say, “Give us access to our nationals, and be assured that of course your nationals would receive the same consideration.” Well, that isn't necessarily so in Canada. It would require an act of Parliament. It's not easy because of course criminal jurisdictions are multi-tiered in Canada. We don't have a single unitary system. But I think it's an important element. If you are talking about reactivating article 36, why don't we start at home?
On February 13th, 2018. See this statement in context.