Welcome, everybody. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), our study is on the situation in Hong Kong.
I would like to welcome Martin Lee, who is with us today. I want to thank you for taking time to be here.
Gloria Fung is also with us. Gloria, you're with the Canada-Hong Kong Link, I believe. That's great.
Mr. Lee, maybe you'll tell us a bit more about yourself. I know you've been a lawyer, a legislator. You've started parties. You've been involved and very active on the human rights front.
For my colleagues, I'll mention very briefly that as far as being a champion of human rights, Mr. Lee has received numerous awards. He received the 1995 International Human Rights Award, by the American Bar Association; the Prize for Freedom, by Liberal International, in 1996; the Democracy Award, by the United States' National Endowment for Democracy, in 1997; the Robert Schuman Medal, in 2000, which Mr. Lee was the first non-European to receive from the European People's Party and European Democrats. Mr. Lee has been very involved as a champion of human rights.
We're looking forward to your giving us an update on what's going on in Hong Kong these days. After you've had a chance with your opening statements, we'll move around the room and have our members ask questions to find out more information.
Welcome, Mr. Lee. We're glad to have you here. I will turn the floor over to you for your opening statement.