Foreign Affairs committee  I don't actually have the breakdown for that with me. I don't know if anybody has it.... We can get that to you if you would like. Certainly in terms of health, this is where I made the point that we are working very closely with our provincial and municipal partners, because o

Foreign Affairs committee  When they come back, because it's when they're coming back—

Foreign Affairs committee  That I will have to get back to you on. That's going rather deep into our statistical base.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. In terms of children, yes, we've talked a lot about children, and it is a real focus. I think what you're alluding to are different cultural and religious views of what childhood is, and you made a reference to child brides. For example, there was a case tha

Foreign Affairs committee  I just want to emphasize what Ms. Thomsen has said. Under the Hague convention to which we are signatories, we have agreed that we will resolve these cases in the jurisdiction in which the child is living and has grown up. We do not have the authority to repatriate children whe

Foreign Affairs committee  Each case of a child or custody is obviously unique. Sometimes it's complicated by the fact that they're dual nationals. Again, we get into an issue of whether the child who is living in the country is seen by that country as its citizen and whether the other nationality is recog

Foreign Affairs committee  I think that's something we'd have to get back to you on.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would comment that if these are not Canadian citizens, then what we can provide to Canadian citizens in Canada is information about the general situation. Quite frankly, they're sometimes better informed than we are and we can get the information from them. If they're not Canad

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we'd have to get back to you exactly on what sort of access we are getting in terms of consular access in particular. In terms of the humanitarian, as Mr. Roué pointed out, that's something that falls under other people within the department.

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just add that in my direct experience, when I was head of mission in the Dominican Republic recently, where we have 700,000 of our citizens coming to visit us every winter, they tend to register when they see there's a problem. So there tends to be a rush of registration

Foreign Affairs committee  I think generally we try to work very much in concert.

Foreign Affairs committee  Again I would go back to what Parliamentary Secretary Obhrai said. Basically, I represent consular operations. So in all cases where we can provide consular services, we do provide consular services.

Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of people who are entitled to a passport, as Mr. Obhrai mentioned and I mentioned earlier, that is actually Passport Canada's function.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for those questions. In terms of Canadians in distress, Canadians who have a problem, this is our bread and butter. People would not come to us if they did not have a problem. So they will come to us via various means: e-mail, phone, or walking in the door. They will

Foreign Affairs committee  Are you asking about Canadian citizens who are arrested or detained abroad?