I think because of the great influence of China in the United Nations, the United Nations is probably not the way to go with this because of China's developmental aid to many members of the United Nations on human rights and other issues. The nations are inclined to support China because China makes it explicit that they expect the support of those nations if those nations expect to continue to receive aid for developmental projects for, say, resource extraction for trans-shipment to China. That's why I'm feeling that the plurilateral approach, where Canada unites with like-minded countries to try to bring this issue to the fore and to expose what China is attempting to do in Hong Kong, is probably the most effective way for us to express our legitimate concerns over the situation.
The reality is that China has a terrific coercive influence in the global community, particularly among countries of the third world who are increasingly dependent on Chinese purchase of their resources for maintaining their national economy. I think that's why we have to be doing something, such as Canada taking the initiative to bring this out in another form.