Mr. Chair, there has been very significant change in China. As the member noted, the introduction in 2020 of the national security law for Hong Kong and recently the article 23 legislation really bring to the fore those significant changes. This is an area of great concern. We are raising these concerns with both authorities in Beijing and authorities in Hong Kong.
We are very concerned, and we are doing what we can in order to make sure that there's prominence and understanding that these are significant concerns for the Government of Canada and the people of Canada, that Canada has had a very significant stake in Hong Kong over decades in terms of the large number of Canadians of Hong Kong origin and the large number of Hong Kong residents who are Canadian citizens. This is a significant relationship. This legislation directly impacts Canadians, and we're very concerned.