Thank you.
Before I thank all the witnesses, I want to make a little comment, since I didn't have a chance to ask any questions.
To the witnesses and the members, I strongly believe it's a question of time. Canada has always ratified and participated in international forums and conventions, so I fully expect that we will one day ratify it. I can't believe we will not ratify this optional protocol. It's a question of time.
Certainly as members of this subcommittee, which is part of the human rights committee, if we are not the ones encouraging the government to ratify this I'm not sure which other committee will do that in Parliament. I think we have a responsibility to hear from the witnesses what the concerns are. We will be hearing from the foreign affairs and justice departments next week on Tuesday, and also from Alex Neve of Amnesty International Canada.
At the end of the day, I believe it's going to be a question of time. Canada has always signed on to the major international treaties such as this one. We were very strongly supportive of the convention on torture. I'm sure we will also be there with the optional protocol.
I would like to thank Mr. Tremblay and Ms. Larochelle.
Also to Kim Pate, thank you very much for coming before our committee.
We now are going to deal with a notice of motion from Caroline St-Hilaire.