There was a question on how our relations have changed, and it touched on an earlier question. I don't know if I have the capacity to comment on the evolution of Canada's relations with Venezuela over 30 years or even on Hugo Chávez, who has been president for over 10 years. That is almost as long as I've been in the Canadian foreign service, so I'm not well placed to give such a broad historic overview.
To come back to the matter of anti-Semitism and the treatment of the Jewish community, the Jewish community there is not large. I don't have the numbers at hand, but I'm guessing it's about 20,000. We can try to find the numbers for you. It's not one of the largest ones in Latin America, and it's about a 50-50 split between the Ashkenazi community and the Sephardic community.
There have been a number of anti-Semitic attacks recently. The most prominent one was anti-Semitic vandalism at the Maripérez synagogue last year. The government did not react immediately, but a couple of days after the incident the Minister of Foreign Affairs came to the synagogue to meet with members of the Jewish community. There may have been some accusations that the government itself has orchestrated this, but I've seen no evidence, and my understanding is that the government has undertaken an investigation and that an individual or individuals have been arrested for this attack.
As I said, we continue to monitor the situation and we are in extremely close contact with the Jewish community in Caracas.