Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses who are here.
Assistant Deputy Hulan, I'm going to pick up on the theme of sanctions but from a slightly different angle. I agree that the enforcement of sanctions is, of course, very important, but I am extremely concerned by something that I believe this bill would do. Perhaps you could correct me if I'm wrong. My understanding is that the Minister of Foreign Affairs would have to publicly indicate that sanctions will be imposed against an individual before the sanctions enter into force. It would strike me as quite reckless to do that, because the individual who would be targeted by those sanctions would have an opportunity to move their assets.
Is that an accurate understanding?