I think the Government of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, believes there is a time and a place for both private diplomacy and public comment. As the members of the committee are aware, private diplomacy was under way before it became known that there would be a media story and before the Prime Minister made his statement in the House. Private diplomacy had its use.
It's also the case, and Minister Joly has been clear on this as well, that most often diplomacy is most successful when it takes place in private conversations as opposed to in a noisy public domain. However, it's important for Canadians to know how the Government of Canada is protecting their security, including, in a situation like this, the security of all Canadians within Canada regardless of their backgrounds, how we're defending our sovereignty and how we're managing an incredibly important relationship that will continue to be important, as the member said, for both Canada and India.
For the Government of Canada and for Global Affairs Canada, both can be true at the same time. We'll continue to look for opportunities to remain in dialogue with the Indian government, even as the investigation and next steps, in terms of co-operation on getting to the bottom of the Nijjar murder, will potentially take some time.