Foreign Affairs committee  I think the points Dan has made are good. We should also recognize that we do work closely with the RCMP on many matters. Certainly I appreciated them in the transfer of Canadians who had died abroad, particularly in the Haiti earthquake. They were amazing. When you're moving in

Foreign Affairs committee  Things have shifted over the past few years as these kidnapping cases have come to the fore. During my time we split the kidnapping cases between commercial and political, although we maintained contact with each other. My understanding is there is a unit that actually focuses o

Foreign Affairs committee  We do.

Foreign Affairs committee  My understanding is that there is actually such a unit. It works closely with the consular function, but it is not part of the consular function. That's because it straddles some lines. The intelligence that goes into any difficult situation is going to have to be carefully handl

Foreign Affairs committee  Dan gives me the tough ones. I think that it has roamed around in people's minds, but I think that in this world it's just not practical. The concept of dual citizenship and triple citizenship sometimes can work both for and against people. Certainly, for one of the cases that

Foreign Affairs committee  I think it's quite complex in India. My experience has been that even when a citizen is the son, daughter, or granddaughter of the citizen, they can be seen as an Indian citizen—up to the fourth generation. These things are not easily—

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  I want to thank you very much for inviting me here today. This is something that I am passionate about. I've had 10 postings abroad, and in each one consular issues were, to put it mildly, challenging. This includes post-9/11 Washington, D.C., where I was the Head of the Politic