Okay.
It was clear in your testimony yesterday in front of the Canada-China committee that the government has already adopted a new framework for dealing with China, and there will be no formal release of this framework.
I've been following this file closely since September. I have to tell you, Minister, with respect, that I couldn't tell that there was a new framework that had already been put in place, and neither could many people who follow this file. I had noted a change in rhetoric in October, but it seems to me the new framework is somewhat contradictory.
In September, when supposedly the new framework had been in place, you indicated you were no longer pursuing free trade talks with China; but Ambassador Barton said, on the same day, to an audience in Edmonton that included the Chinese ambassador to Canada, that Canada needs to do more in China and that we need to broaden trade with China.
The other thing that seems confounding about this new framework is that I don't understand how any new framework cannot include a plan to deal with China's foreign influence operations here, nor do I understand how any new framework does not include a plan to make a decision on Huawei.
Minister, the new framework, I think, needs some more work, because if I don't understand it, I can tell you the Chinese certainly will not understand it. I think it needs to be a lot clearer and a lot more consistent if Canada is going to have a clear, consistent voice with respect to China on the world stage.