I appreciate that, and I appreciate the collaboration, Mr. Oliphant, that you and I have had on this bill and the work that we continue to do together on advancing human rights around the world.
I'm glad you mentioned our friend Raynell Andreychuk. She is a true Canadian hero. What a life she's had, not just as a senator but as a jurist on the bench for many years, a human rights activist and, of course, an ambassador. She is one of my mentors and somebody I look up to. I will always treasure the times that we had to work together. I should have reached out to let her know that this was moving forward today, so I'll do that after. The beauty with CPAC is that it's always online. You can see it anytime.
You know, with this bill, we looked at Mr. Phil Lawrence's previous legislation, which did make it through committee and third reading in the House and went over to the Senate. We did pick some of the definitions out of there. The first couple of clauses come right out of Mr. Lawrence's bill.
On the previous bill I tabled on a Magnitsky update, we had further consultations as things continued to evolve with the aggression that we've seen over the last three years. In our conversations with the diaspora communities and with the diplomatic corps and colleagues, it was decided that this is the proper course of action. Our work with academics and human rights activists like Marcus Kolga, Irwin Cotler, Bill Browder and Vladimir Kara-Murza was all brought to bear in what you see as the final piece of legislation that's here at committee today.