The Kurdish-led authority, the non-state actor that is running these camps, has a line of communication with the Canadian government. We've been told repeatedly that the Canadian government does ask the Kurdish-led authorities about the well-being of Canadians there.
The Kurdish-led authority certainly want these Canadians repatriated. They would facilitate consular access through video, through phone and so on, but it really is a matter of political will as to whether Global Affairs Canada wants to provide direct assistance to these Canadians, provide them with travel documents and verify the citizenship of children who are now stateless.
Essentially, it's an issue of political will. There are means and creative solutions to providing consular assistance to this group of Canadians. We've seen dozens of countries, similarly with no consular presence in Syria, do exactly that: repatriate their nationals and provide them with consular assistance.
There is a Canadian consulate in Erbil that could certainly facilitate that. There is a special envoy to Syria that's based in our embassy in Beirut, so there really are a number of mechanisms in place to provide consular assistance without physically being present in Syria, as long as there is the political will to do so.