Thank you. I'll be brief.
This is consistent with the amendment that was previously passed, which was amendment LIB-16. I don't think it's duplicative. It just nails down that with any ministerial directive we are to ensure that there is no torture, so that we have a legislative anchor here. Certainly this is the testimony from Alex Neve of Amnesty International and from both Craig Forcese and Kent Roach.
Again, as we noted, it's identical to the NDP motion and will enshrine the ministerial directive on torture in the legislation at this point.