May I finish?
There is no obligation to help Canadians when they are abroad, because the charter only applies in Canada. I wish it might be different, but unfortunately the charter only applies in Canada, and once a Canadian leaves Canada, that person is subject to the laws and regulations of the state they are in. We cannot impose Canadian law in sovereign states. The fact remains that this is still a custody issue and that the father in Saudi Arabia has rights too, which we as Canadians cannot erase.
That comes down to the point that needs to be made here today. We would like to help Nathalie be repatriated. That will not change. We are ready to repatriate Nathalie. We cannot, right now, through any means, law, or regulation repatriate children who are Saudi citizens, because their father has rights in the country of origin. That is just the way it is. We are continuing to monitor. We are going to continue to monitor, because our government believes that we ought to be monitoring. However, this is a complex case that requires more time than what we've been allotted--