What we evidenced through the saga of the Michaels was one aspect of China's course of diplomacy, which was the use of arbitrary detention. The Prime Minister indicated that, as well as the other one that was applied during that saga, which was economic coercion.
We moved forward, not necessarily in terms of planning or discussing how to seek their eventual release, which we were very pleased with—and I know all of Canada is—but how to work with allies to ensure that we mitigated this inappropriate behaviour again. We have used our diplomatic network to engage with countries around the world bilaterally, regionally and multilaterally. This started with a launch in February 2021 of the “Declaration against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations” to condemn, deter and put an end to this practice worldwide.
To date, I'm very pleased to say that 68 countries and the European Union have endorsed the declaration. We continue to engage with other countries every day in our conversations to add to that list going forward.