In terms of international treaties, as I was saying, our biggest challenge—and it's the same for the international community—is to secure the necessary information to make the right decisions. Our role is to provide that information to the provinces and help the provinces make the best possible decisions, because it's their responsibility. Our job is to work through our own information networks and talk to our colleagues at the UN and in other countries in order to make the necessary inquiries. That is not always easy.
If you're asking me whether the system works perfectly, my answer is that in this area, at the international level and in certain countries, you can imagine that it's very difficult. I can't say that it's a perfect system. Could it be improved? It would be difficult, because that is one of the realities of working at the international level, in any case.
In my opinion, there must be appropriate efforts and good collaboration between federal departments and the provinces. If that collaboration were not adequate, there would be reason to be worried. On the contrary, the departments work very closely with the provinces. The same applies to discussions with the provinces and with our colleagues in diplomatic missions in other countries. Particularly in an area such as this, everyone wants to do their best. And based on the information available, we try to make the best possible decisions.