Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to apologize to the witnesses. There are so many of you that we don't have enough time to ask all of you questions. Much as we would like to, it's impossible.
I am going to pick up where I left off with Mr. Fowler.
I sincerely believe that it was perhaps not wise for the Government of Canada to say that it would never pay a ransom. Similarly, I don't think it is wise for Canada to say that it will pay a ransom, because that could lead to a price on the heads of Canadians abroad, putting them at risk. Potential kidnappers would know that the Government of Canada was willing to pay money to secure Canadians' release.
That brings me back to what you told us, Mr. Fowler. A certain number of things perhaps shouldn't be shared so bluntly. What worries me about Bill C‑353 is that it clearly lays out what the Government of Canada should or could do, and that could have consequences.
Would you agree with that?