Yes, Mr. Chair, I appreciate the chance to address the question.
I think an issue that's rightly pointed out here is that China's government has to come to an understanding that if it wants the international community to accept it at its word, it has to fulfill its word.
The 17-point agreement, long before Canada established diplomatic relations with China, is difficult for us to use as a basis for holding them to account, but certainly in the case of Hong Kong, as you've mentioned, the Sino-British Joint Declaration, a UN-registered treaty, and the violation of the obligations under that treaty give us pause. China has to realize that behaviour has consequences for the trust that the international community will bestow upon it.