Thank you for those questions, which are really vital and important and require very thoughtful attention.
You're quite right: The diaspora communities have been beset with interference and the disturbance of their tranquility, their own safety and their well-being in ways that are unconscionable. It behooves all of us to see this as a very serious threat in our community, where pluralism and respect for one's cultural heritage are very important values to us. It has been neglected for far too long.
I look at Mr. Chong over here, who has chaired the Canada-China relations committee, for example, where there are reams of testimony from diaspora communities about this particular matter. We have not done the kinds of things we should do and we must do—because it is real, it is damaging and it is simply unacceptable for Canadian citizens.
What we hope to do in the balance of the five months is to put a real light on this issue of the threats that diaspora communities are under and develop much more effective ways of, first, equipping ourselves and our intelligence agencies to deal with them more effectively than now, and second, acquainting Canadians with the fact that so many people in the diaspora communities are unwitting victims of something that lies far beyond them. We, as Canadians, have a responsibility to protect them, to embrace them and to say that this is not acceptable and we will not sit here and let it stand. We must recognize that it's happening to these communities and take adequate steps in terms of our governmental protections to see it.
In the last month or so, we have seen a step forward in at least trying to provide a better understanding and warnings to members of Parliament and others who have been subjected and whose families have been subjected to these things. That, too, requires very important remedies.