Thank you.
It's funny how I constantly get interrupted by members of the ministerial party on this committee from time to time.
Surely the department has come to an assessment. There were Canadians among the hostages taken. The taking of hostages in and of itself, civilian hostages, whether in an international conflict or a non-international conflict, constitutes a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
Surely the government has come to some sort of conclusion on this.