The reference I made was to Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian who was released following that trade. What she was saying is that Australia did not have this kind of bill and she wished those tools had been available in Australia. What ultimately ended up happening to lead to her release was the exchange of three convicted terrorists. Her point was that she wished Australia had had the legislative tools that are being proposed in Bill C-353.
From my perspective, there is a significant difference between money going to the organizers of hostage-taking as a ransom and money going to peel off a bad guy who can be wooed and incentivized to walk away from his terrorist activity to start a new life. The incentivization could also go toward—of course, I'm being facetious here—the janitor who's not involved but might have intimate information of the case that might secure the release of a human being.
To my mind, it is worth exploring every possible tool. None of this is mandatory. This is discretionary.