You have trouble recognizing me, Mr. Chairman. You will get used to it.
Good day, Mr. Burton. It was a pleasure listening to your very interesting and highly enlightening presentation.
China has suffered a great deal over the past few centuries. Earlier, you stated that Canada and other nations must be open, honest and very respectful in their dialogue with China.
I have a very timely question for you. How can China deny that it engages in any form of repression today? Torture is commonplace and the following problems have been noted: extensive use of the death penalty; repression of journalists and internet users; repression of people campaigning against HIV-AIDS, union activists and human rights advocates; restrictions on freedom of religion; forced evictions on the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games; violence against women, and the list goes on.
Clearly, we should be very concerned about this state of affairs.