Thank you, Chair.
Minister, I'm sure the name Lai Changxing is one that is relatively known to you. This individual has been in Canada for a number of years. He was on China's most wanted list. He's in Vancouver awaiting a court decision on his deportation, and certainly government after government has refused to deport him, because we know what China allegedly might do to him.
I'm just wondering, Minister, if you can enlighten this committee as to what, in your view, persuaded you to give him a work visa, versus previous governments that did not give him a work visa.