We've had significant engagement with the diplomatic corps here and with foreign ministers around the world. Canada has been the lone voice at the Commonwealth, at the meeting in Perth, and at subsequent meetings.
I think if you were to ask the oppressed Tamil minority in Sri Lanka which political leader has been the most strong, the most courageous, the most forceful, 100% of them would say it's been Prime MinisterStephen Harper and our government.
There is a pressure, which astounds me, in the international diplomatic community, to go along, to get along. That's something that Canada doesn't do anymore. We don't mind taking strong and principled stands. We have argued strongly and forcefully, and I think that leadership has been recognized around the world. We're going to continue to say the difficult things that need to be said. We're tremendously concerned by the deteriorating and authoritating trend of the government in Sri Lanka, its lack of accountability and lack of meaningful reconciliation. We've tried to engage. We've had Senator Hugh Segal pay a visit to Sri Lanka. We had a three-member parliamentary group visit Sri Lanka on a fact-finding mission and to engage. I've personally met with my counterpart from Sri Lanka.
This is a tremendously difficult file, and if Canada is the lone country to stand up and speak truth to power, we can all be tremendously proud, as most human rights groups have been in Canada.