We may need to get into that a little bit. For the consular cases that I've dealt with—and I've dealt with literally hundreds of them—every one is unique and different. I guess I would take exception to saying that we bargain or attempt to have national priorities or trade interests above.... My understanding, from the way I've worked with consular officials, is that every case is treated as what is best for that Canadian in detention, always.
One of the problems I have with this list is that Canada has a very good reputation in many countries. We have irritated relations with some countries, and if we put a person on a list in Canada from a country that we have an irritation with, that person could then have more hardship. I have seen that.
I'm not going to name a country, but there is a country that we have a very difficult relationship with—it's not China; we have a different relationship with them—but we are very cautious about Canadians in detention there for fear they will have bigger punishment, more hardship and less access if we publicize the case.
I've often had to work with families and say that megaphone diplomacy works sometimes to draw attention to a case, but sometimes you're going to get your family member killed or another Canadian killed if you do that. I'm just wondering about the nuance in this bill around that.