Colleagues, welcome to meeting number 25 of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. We are meeting today, pursuant to Standing Order 106(4), at the request of four members of the committee, to discuss the sanctions imposed by the People's Republic of China.
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Mr. Clerk, if we can work through you with respect to colleagues present in the room and their desire to intervene in the discussion....
Ms. Sahota, I will turn the floor over to you now to introduce the motion. Please go ahead.