Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I am not certain whether I heard Mr. Cotler suggest that decisions to list or not list an organization would be made arbitrarily or on the basis of unnecessary considerations. I hope I didn't hear him say that. But I just want to make it clear that if anyone did feel that our government or any Canadian government's decision to list or not list would be made arbitrarily or unnecessarily, I would take issue with that.
I also want to say that I am no expert in this. I acknowledge that. But it seems to me that decisions to list or not list an organization as terrorist may engage interests other than simply the interests of compensation to victims. I will give a negative example I am aware of, and that is a decision that may need to be addressed to delist the MeK, which is an Iranian terrorist group currently resident in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. I have constituents who very much would not want the government to delist that group until that group gave transparent access to the residents of Camp Ashraf. That may have nothing to do with compensation or indeed even with terrorism, but it is a valid interest that I would hope a government would be able to take into account in making such decisions.
I just want to make the point that I don't think listing or delisting decisions are made arbitrarily or unnecessarily but they may be made on the basis of other interests and not only the interests of compensating victims, which I recognize are important, but are not necessarily the only factor.
Thank you.