Our position has always been the same from the time we testified around the cluster munitions bill when it was being drafted nine years ago to today. Our belief is that Canada should ensure that there is a clear, categorical prohibition on assistance, foreign stockpiling, transit and investment in cluster munitions.
How that becomes operationalized, how to ensure that individuals who are potentially inadvertently investing...and how those types of issues should be mitigated, I leave up to members of this committee.
Certainly our position is very clear in terms of ensuring that Canada remove any obstacles that are in the way of achieving the cluster munitions convention's goals or that are running counter to the goals of the convention.