Absolutely.
Unfortunately, what is happening in Burundi is a crisis of enormous proportions. The kind of torture that is happening right now, as is documented in the UN reports, is very vicious and very targeted. It keeps increasing in its cruelty. We're seeing an evolution from the beginning, where people would be incarcerated and beaten, to now very vicious forms of torture, including sexual and gender-based abuse.
I think Canada has a very important role to play in ensuring that human rights violations remain a top priority. Just speaking as a human being, really, it seems as though our tolerance for violence has risen. This tolerance is becoming intolerable. I think a lot more can be done in terms of leading global efforts toward holding people accountable. One of the reasons this torture keeps taking deeper and more vicious forms is that the perpetrators are very much aware that they are in power and they have total impunity.
I think Canada needs to join OPCAT to urge Burundi to implement the torture prevention treaty. Amnesty—my colleague from Amnesty is here—welcomes Minister Dion's commitment to join OPCAT, and we look forward to updates.
You're very right that it's a very crucial and important matter.