Those are really good questions. I'm glad you asked them.
First of all, one of the roles of civil society, Parliament—I could very well include it in the list as well—media, academia, and the private sector is to hold the government to account, and that's just difficult to do when you have very little information about what works and what doesn't. We have access to the lists of sanctioned entities and individuals, but that's about it. We don't have much more information even on the basic objectives and the role of the office. So the problem in terms of accountability is major. It goes well beyond the issue of sanctions; that is something we could talk about for a long time as well.
With regard to the designation of sanctions, I am a little reluctant to venture an opinion on that, because we are getting into a more technical aspect that is outside my area of expertise. However, I would say that, in general, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, the government and the national security community do not have a solid tradition of involving the outside world, civil society and others, of consulting and listening to people and of gathering ideas, whether for the designation of sanctions or other aspects in general. It's just not something that we do well here in Ottawa.