I wanted to make sure that I was able to meet with my counterpart. Why? Because he's the new foreign minister.
I had a conversation and a relationship—a tough one—with Wang Yi, the former foreign minister, who is now at the politburo.
I wanted to create this relationship, which is a difficult one but a necessary one, with the new foreign minister. I was not the only one who wanted to talk to him, because, obviously, all my G7 counterparts and even, I would say, G19 counterparts wanted to engage.
I was extremely clear. I looked him in the eye and said to him that, first, we will never tolerate any form of foreign interference in our democracy and internal affairs and, second, we will never tolerate any form of breach of our sovereignty.
That is why I think it's important to have these types of discussions. They're not something that we like doing, but I think they're necessary for Canadians.