I'll begin by saying that obviously we do share those concerns. You've pointed to the report we put out recently. We do think there have been a number of recent worrying developments that, as we describe in our report, have led to a shrinking space for human rights critique and advocacy in the country. You've named a number of the examples. There are others, and we do think they are troubling.
As a priority, we think it would be very helpful to have a panel of what we've described as eminent Canadians. It would cross party lines, but the members of it would be united through a common commitment to human rights—and that exists in all parties, without a doubt. These eminent Canadians, not active in political life now, would really look at the state of human rights advocacy, dissent, and critique in Canada, and come forward to Parliament and to the government with some recommendations.
I do want to highlight, however, that with respect to the particular concern we're raising today, this thorny long-standing issue about the difficulties and shortcomings in Canada's implementation of obligations, responsibility for this crosses all party lines. Certainly at the federal level it's been a very real concern through Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative governments. I would add that at provincial levels, there are NDP governments that have not demonstrated the leadership they could and should to come up with a better system here. The Bloc hasn't been in governance, so I can't point to shortcomings there.
I think the point is that the responsibility for the shortcomings, the failure to get a handle on this, really is not about parties. It's something more systemic, and therefore, I think, is something that very much should and could unite all parties, federally and provincially, in finding a solution.