As I mentioned, Mr. Sweet, there is an inextricable relationship between the hyper-corruption that characterizes the regime and the use of extremist ideology and violence as a means of staying in power.
Canada has become a destination of choice for much of this dirty money. It is no surprise that this not only aids and abets these human rights violations, but it also allows networks of influence that can be used to silence and intimidate human rights activists. I have many colleagues who are afraid of speaking out in public in Canada, because they have family at home and there are networks of spies right here that are able to intimidate and silence them. We need to think about all aspects of it.