Thank you for the question. We do deal with that in the report.
There are some cases in which that's an option, where Canada could prosecute but also the foreign state could prosecute. It's not an option in every case simply by way of the international law of jurisdiction and the way Canada conducts criminal prosecutions, but there are some cases—and I'll specifically mention those dealing with Canadian citizens—where, if there's a cross-border aspect to the case, it may be that Canada has the option of prosecuting as well as the foreign state.
What we're proposing is not that it be an automatic prosecution in Canada in such cases, although that's not a bad idea. What we're proposing is that it would be a presumption. It would be presumed that Canadians would be prosecuted here in Canada if that was a legal option, unless the government can show that it would be the interest of justice for that person to be prosecuted in the foreign state. The Government of the United Kingdom brought in a rule of this sort about a decade ago. It's called the forum bar rule. It dealt with cases that caused a lot of public disturbance in the U.K., where people were threatened to be extradited to the U.S. for activities that were mostly related to the United Kingdom.
We think a rule that operated similarly could be brought in here. It would fully flesh out the rights of Canadian citizens under section 6 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.