Thank you.
Very briefly, I do respect the intention behind this amendment, but I have reservations about removing state-to-state issues from the executive level and placing them in the hands of the judiciary, which in effect this amendment would do. If charges are being brought in the courts, it in my view is an inappropriate remedy for the ill that Mr. Cotler seeks to address. It is instead more appropriate for a government, taking into account the whole host of factors that may apply in the case of state relations, to bring forward a remedy.
Thank you.