Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll start with just a little bit of a disclaimer. This is my first opportunity to be part of this group, and I'm certainly very much looking forward to it.
I enjoyed reading through the background material, and I enjoyed your opening comments. I enjoyed them in the sense that it was informative, but I was disturbed by them in terms of the severity of the situation. Obviously this committee was seized with that last year when they made a recommendation to the foreign affairs committee that these two recommendations be adopted. The second one now comes back to us to reconsider the idea of a commission.
You pointed out clearly in your opening statement, Ms. Netley, the reasons for the hesitance of having a commission—the questions of what additional information might we find in addition to what the special rapporteur has found, North Korea not giving access, and wondering whether or not the request would actually be granted by the body considering the request.
I'm wondering if there's a fourth consideration we need to be aware of. I don't know the answer to this. I really do need your perspective. What are the implications of us asking for that with our neighbours, whether it's the U.S. or Japan or other international players? Are there also considerations that we should be aware of before we would make a move such as requesting a special commission of inquiry?