Unfortunately, Canadians can't help us. The Canadian government, Parliament, as well as your foreign service, has to position itself and careful of the backlash we might get from whatever sort of open criticism we make, which we know is an action and reaction phenomenon.
I also suggest that Canadian diplomats have advised Beijing in a very indirect way on issues unrelated to Hong Kong. I really encourage your diplomatic service or whoever to do that and explain to them how they will be perceived if they just give Hong Kong a little more room, the benefit they would get from that. But open criticism of China from a foreign government, including this body of 150 parliamentarians, will not be taken well.
At the end of the day, it may not deliver the results, because we are very close, two months, and we have to get it to pass not by four or five votes, but maybe by about a dozen votes, meaning an absolute majority. That needs to be mediated.
Of course, Canadians have a mediation role, but mediators should do it very quietly. I would encourage the Canadian government to do that. That would be helpful.