Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  India is certainly changing a great deal. The middle class in India, particularly the urban middle class, is becoming much more important at a much larger percentage of the economy and the society. But it is still a predominantly rural country, so I think conservative social norm

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  They are just numbers. In the section where I talked about Global Affairs Canada's anti-crime capacity building program, I believe I gave a number of $2 million. It should have been $5.1 million. I can give you the notes on where they come from. In the section where I talked ab

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As I said, India seems to be a source and transit country as well as a destination in some cases. The short answer to your question is no, I don't have the numbers, but I'll see whether we can find them for you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We don't have independent statistics on that. There is a recent assessment available, which was put out by the U.S. authorities and which I don't have with me, but we don't have an independent Canadian evaluation of that. The overall impression I get, and it's only an impression,

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say that's probably likely in almost any country, India as much as any other.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The first answer to that question is I don't know. If you wish me to speculate, having spent some time in India, it's probably a combination. It is a very traditional society. Among other things, they still have arranged marriages and other social phenomena that involve young ch

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As you have indicated, my name is Robert McDougall. I am currently in charge of the South Asia division in Global Affairs Canada, and I'll be providing remarks on behalf of the department. My colleague David Drake, the director general for counter-terro