Mr. Speaker, the government recently used the Special Economic Measures Act. This is an act of cabinet. The act was invoked against Burma.
There are other tools the government has at its disposition, whether with regard to Sudan, Iran or, for instance, Burma. Let me list some of them, if I may.
The Canadian government can invoke the United Nations act to issue all orders and regulations necessary to limit or curtail trade, financial transactions, air links or any other ties between Canada and a targeted country. Canada should actively be lobbying the members of the UN Security Council to adopt the third round of sanctions against Iran.
Canada also has imposed, as was mentioned, sanctions in cases where such actions were not authorized by the UN Security Council. We championed the need for sanctions against South Africa, as I mentioned earlier, and Haiti, once there was an international consensus on the need for such measures. We did not wait for the Security Council to come to an agreement on it. If there was an international consensus and as a country we helped build that consensus, we acted on it. Canada should be doing that right now.