In terms of the different Chinese diaspora communities, I think they do all have a sense.... If they're against the government, essentially, there is a terror that they're going to be attacked by the regime somehow. That paints, I think, a terror on people's minds, that, “I dare not say this in public. I dare not say this even on Canadian soil.” It is, I think, very problematic that they're not even able to express their own views, when they're out of the country, to criticize the regime. Whenever they criticize the regime, they feel that there is a threat of probably never being able to return back to their country or of their family's being affected if they have family there still.
On March 20th, 2023. See this statement in context.