As I think the committee is well aware, Canada's long-standing policy takes note of positions on Taiwan, its status and its future, without endorsing or pronouncing on it. Obviously, over the years Taiwan, the people of Taiwan and Canada have worked closely together in many ways—economic and people-to-people. We've watched democracy flourish in Taiwan and Taiwanese individuals exercise their franchise, and, as Ambassador McKay noted, they'll have an opportunity to do so soon.
It's a position of the Government of Canada that we urge all sides not to bring unilateral change to the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, given not only the interests of the people on both sides of the strait but the interests of Canada.