We'll take that as a rhetorical question. We're into rounds where there are five minutes.
I'll pass it to Mr. Cotler, but I'm going to use the chair's prerogative here to follow up on the statement you just made, Mr. Leroux.
You paraphrased the special report submitted by a Christine Chanet to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Cuba. You effectively paraphrased her as saying that the American embargo is the principal cause of any problems with respect to violations of rights, including civil and political rights. Is that a fair summary of what you just said, in that respect?
I have, actually, Madame Chanet's submission, which has been circulated to all committee members. In fact, to quote from her in the summary, she says:
The...tension between Cuba and the United States...has created a climate which is far from conducive to the development of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
That's certainly different from saying that it's the cause. To say that it's not “conducive” is to say that it's not helpful. That's substantively different from suggesting that it is the principal cause of any human rights violations. I wondered if perhaps you could provide us with citations, rather than a kind of paraphrase.