This is a great question and one that I think a lot of European countries are also grappling with, particularly those that have either maintained embassies with a reduced presence or closed their embassies completely.
Our view on this topic is that it's too early to immediately give symbolic recognition to this government by reopening fully and bringing diplomatic relations fully online. There is still further to go in terms of the gestures of true goodwill that can be shown by Caracas, and not just from opening statements and the announcement of committees and laws, but also in their true implementation.
The steps that have been taken are promising. For example, waiting to see how the amnesty law unfolds in practice is fundamental to seeing whether this is a commitment on paper or a commitment that will play out in the practical consequences for individuals who have been wrongly persecuted for political offences.
Again, our view is that this is a wait-and-see moment and potentially a moment to open a conversation with the government in Caracas about what Canada would like to see in order to re-establish a relationship and civic opening.