Thank you very much, Honourable Harris.
Yes. When President Obama met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2014 and 2016, both times the White House issued a press statement supporting the middle-way approach of the Tibetan people. Not only did it support it, but it applauded the middle-way approach.
In the European Parliament also, many of the members have moved motions, and in several countries, 17 or 18 countries, parliamentarians have issued statements as well. In fact, in the Canadian Senate, there is a motion to support the middle-way approach.
The middle-way approach is, essentially, to say that the Chinese government should end the repression of the Tibetan people and guarantee genuine autonomy of the Tibetan people within the framework of the Chinese constitution. Then separation by Tibet would not be sought. That is what we are seeking.
Yes, any kind of motion and statement will help; otherwise, these Chinese officials in Tibet will continue their violation of all kinds of human rights. They act with impunity because no one says anything. Unless you come to support the people in East Turkestan, or Xinjiang, or Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tibet, they act with impunity and think they can get away with it.
Now there is a reassessment of China's policy all over the world, including in Canada. So yes, one must be assertive as far as your principles and values are concerned.