Ms. Heather Jeffrey at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On March 27th, 2018. See this statement in context.

March 27th, 2018 / 4:40 p.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Consular, Emergency Management and Security, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Heather Jeffrey

I'll let David respond to the kidnapping cases. For other kinds of consular cases, including people in detention and regular circumstances, we always try to obtain their consent, because in many cases they do not wish to have their cases discussed with members of their family or even with legal counsel, and that's something that can occur—

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