Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to my colleague for being here and for introducing this legislation.
There are three main pillars you're looking to address, so let's start with the first one.
In your opening comments, you talked about a gap. This committee has undertaken a study. We review and get constant notices about the sanctions this government is applying.
Can you identify the gap between our present sanctions legislation and what your bill will do to enhance it, specifically with respect to hostage-taking?