Yes, Mr. Chair. We have really benefited from the support and strength of many like-minded countries on this issue.
This has required a significant effort at all levels of the Government of Canada, starting with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and all of our officials, both here in Ottawa and in Beijing.
Paul has just informed me that over the last year and a bit we made over 1,000 démarches to other countries in order to secure support for us and Mr. Spavor and Mr. Kovrig. You can see that our efforts have been very intense and at all levels and that countries really came forward of their own volition as well, because this is recognized as a particularly challenging situation and very inappropriate.