That's part of the art of diplomacy. As someone who was actively involved in the political life of Canada for some 45 or 50 years, I'm still on a learning curve of transitioning from politics to diplomacy, but I think it is important to be absolutely clear about what we feel about the culpability that's involved in this situation. Strong language is important. It has to be accurate, but I think we have to leave no doubt that Canadians feel very strongly about the deaths of the 138 people who were attached in one way or another to our country.
Second, I think we have to work very hard to make sure, whether it's on the issue of sanctions, the negotiations for reparations or the changes that we would want to see made in ICAO and so forth, that we're not moving unilaterally. We need to have the world community come to the same conclusions we have, so we have to be building a coalition.
In this regard, I want to pay tribute to foreign minister Marc Garneau, who, at the meeting of G7 ministers of foreign affairs about a month ago, made sure that PS752 was on the agenda and that the G7 ministers of foreign affairs collectively condemned what had happened and made it clear they did not believe that any transparent or comprehensive investigation worth its name had been completed in this case. In other words, Iran had not done what it was obliged to do according to the international community.
You need to pursue all the steps in the proper order, making sure you don't mess up your jurisdiction, ultimately, to get into the International Court of Justice, if that's what this takes. I believe that Canada needs to be vigorous in leading this effort internationally and bringing others along with us.