Foreign Affairs committee  I will, with pleasure.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. For technicalities related to international law, I think that would be a wise idea.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to first try to clarify, because I haven't had a chance to finish on this. You used a term that I would like to pick up on, which is “legal standards”. We are not suggesting that horrible crimes, murders and—

Foreign Affairs committee  Exactly.

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean as part of the current conflict?

Foreign Affairs committee  We of course do support the International Criminal Court. We support independent prosecutors and investigators. There are technicalities when it comes to anything that refers to the state of Palestine, because Canada's official policy does not recognize Palestine as being an independent state, other than—

Foreign Affairs committee  Right—but other than that nuance, yes, we are firm supporters of the ICC.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not able to answer that question. I feel like there's a technicality there. I wouldn't want to lead you astray.

Foreign Affairs committee  I feel like I need to bring some of our legal experts here in the future. I am not one of those legal experts. We'll have to come back to you in writing.

Foreign Affairs committee  I do not know. I'll have to come back to you.

Foreign Affairs committee  I will, with pleasure.

Foreign Affairs committee  We're aware of these measures that were just announced yesterday by the United States. Of course, anything pertaining to travel documents does not fall under Global Affairs Canada. That is something that falls under IRCC.

Foreign Affairs committee  I tend to keep in my swim lane and not speak on behalf of another department when my competencies are of a different nature. We would have to direct that question to IRCC. Generally speaking, yes, we are looking at the tools that are at our disposal. Our system is different from the system in the United States.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would not be able to answer that.

Foreign Affairs committee  To the best of my knowledge, the answer would be no.