It really hasn't come up in my particular area of work. I'm not sure that my opinion would carry a whole lot of merit.
I can tell you that Canada's no-ransom policy is not unique in the world, but neither is it, I would say, the norm. Other countries, of course, struggle with this issue. The general trend, I think, is to say we will not, as a rule, countenance payment of ransom, but we won't stand in the way of that sort of negotiation taking place.
I do have concerns when a country takes a hard line on an issue that is, let's face it, a case-by-case kind of challenge; and speaking personally, only as a concerned Canadian, I would prefer more flexibility in the policy.