Our 24-7 emergency watch centre is staffed with consular officers around the clock. In terms of all the calls that come in after hours—if it's in the middle of the night in Thailand, for example—those calls are routed to Ottawa. They're answered. If it's necessary, the watch officers wake up the consular officers on the ground and then we begin our efforts to try to locate the Canadian.
When we refer to notification, there are two ways. Sometimes it's family members of Canadians who inform us that their family member has been detained. In other cases, certainly, we expect host governments to inform us when they detain a Canadian national. It's part of their responsibilities under the Vienna convention, as it is for us here in Canada. Not all countries, local offices, or police stations understand or respect those responsibilities. In many cases, it can take a long time for us to find out exactly where in the prison system the Canadian might be located. It can be a complex task, and we rely on all the information we can get to try to triangulate and reach people as quickly as possible.
The watch centre and that emergency officer should be the first port of call. They can access everyone they need to in order to reach people.