Absolutely. I think one of the things that is so exciting about this is that it is concrete. Of course, treaties--which are about promises, pledges, and aspirations, as so many human rights treaties are--are vitally important. They do set the legal standards that through other mechanisms and processes we then all work to hold governments to.
This is an international instrument that is establishing a very concrete national- and international-level process that's actually meant to make a difference. We need that so desperately within the international human rights system. I think that's one of the most paramount reasons that this is an instrument so deserving of, ultimately, absolutely universal international support. Clearly, it will take us quite some while before we get every nation on board, but surely we're at a stage where we need to have nations like Canada firmly committed to this.