Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here yet again at our committee. I appreciate that you are always able to make time to be here. It's much appreciated by all of us on all sides of the House.
One of the things you briefly mentioned in your remarks was the whole issue of the imposition of the visa on Taiwan for the last number of years and the decision made a couple of weeks ago, as announced by the ministry, that we were in fact removing it. That was obviously appreciated by the Government of Taiwan and visitors from there, who won't now face the imposition of having to acquire a visa before coming here.
It's interesting, though, that the decision was a little while in the making. I wondered if you could comment on and let the committee know why Taiwan meets the criteria for the visa exemption, and what were the reasons leading up to it.