Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being with us today, Ambassador.
I also thank Mr. Epp and Ms. Strohan for being with us.
I am one of those people who think that words are important. When we received the government's response to this committee's report on Taiwan, we were surprised by the tepid response to some of our recommendations. In particular, in response to the recommendation in our report that “the Government of Canada offer and declare its clear and unwavering commitment that the future of Taiwan must only be the decision of the people of Taiwan,” the government replied that it “takes note of this recommendation.”
Why this tepid response to the obvious fact that the future of Taiwan must be decided by the Taiwanese?