The first step in every case would be for the foreign state to agree to send the person back. There are instances where states refuse to send people back, and if that's the case, then section 6 is not engaged. It's only engaged at the point where the Canadian citizen has a right to come back to Canada.
Remember, Canada routinely deports people who are convicted of very serious crimes. I've seen people convicted of murder who are deported after four or five years. They get an early parole for deportation purposes and they are sent back to other countries. Those countries have to take back people who are convicted of the most serious crimes in Canada because they are citizens of that country. Under international law, you have to take back a person who is a citizen of your country.
With regard to the Canadian who is convicted of a heinous crime, in whatever other country, once the foreign state decides to send him back, we have to take him. What we're saying is that it's better to take him back while he's still serving his sentence, so we can have some control over him, rather than wait until his sentence is over and have him dropped at our border.
I think that's the point we're making.