Thank you, Chair.
I think the motions actually speak for themselves, and it doesn't require a lot of speaking to them.
Canada was very involved with the optional protocol at the United Nations, as everybody would know. The Prime Minister in the last campaign spoke to the fact that he would be putting this before a committee fairly early in his mandate, which hasn't happened. I think it's the purview of this particular committee to take witnesses and to offer recommendation to our senior committee.