Mr. Chair, as the most populous country in the world and the second-largest economy, China plays a role in almost all issues of interest to Canada. The relationship is complicated. It is multi-variable. We have strong person-to-person ties; we have strong trade relationships, and we will continue to engage with China on multiple fronts while we work very hard to resolve the bilateral challenges that we have in front of us.
On January 30th, 2020. See this statement in context.