Chair, I can't talk about what may, or what should, or what could happen. These are policy decisions that are up to the minister to decide.
The only thing I can speak about is what we are doing now. I've indicated a number of different initiatives, whether bilaterally, or regionally with the G16, or multilaterally through the United Nations system. We talked about development programming that aims to strengthen capacity in those key areas that are related to human rights, democracy, and rule of law, and we also talked about the anti-crime capacity-building program, which has had close to $4 million since 2009, to build that, to help train and build capacity in the national police force.
I think the key message here is that, first of all, the Honduran authorities, the Honduran government, need to continue to take action to improve the situation in Honduras. Canada has decided that it's better to be involved, active, and engaged in a conversation rather than being on the margins of it. This is what we've done in response to this subcommittee's report in 2015.
I can only speak to the things that we're doing, Chair. Some of these initiates I've mentioned are yielding results, particularly on the police side, the capacity-building side, but there's much more to be done. There's no doubt about that. There is progress, but there's much more to be done. We will continue to advocate with the Government of Honduras and we will continue our private conversations with the Honduran government to hold them accountable for the improvement of the situation in that country.