The current standards for visiting Canadians in detention vary according to region. For example in the United States, which has a particular set of prison standards, the standard is 12 months, whereas in another region we would visit every three months. We have three-, six-, and 12-month service standards, according to the region.
One of the things the Auditor General found in his report was that there was a variation in service standards and insufficient documentation provided about why that variation existed. We would agree that it's very important to document the reasons, but there are also good reasons to have variation in standards.
There are cases where individuals are very vulnerable because of the nature of their offence, because of the persons they are, whom they know, and where they are being detained. As a result, they need much more intensive consular intervention than someone in a prison system where rule of law is entrenched and where we are confident that rule of law will be respected in their treatment.
Yes, we do have that, and that would be part of their view of the service standards, to make sure we are taking into account areas where Canadians might find themselves in greater difficulty.