I would say that they're not necessarily mutually exclusive and that our lack of relations has perhaps exacerbated this problem. Really the onus right now, even putting the issue of diplomatic relations aside, which also definitely needs to be solved, is that's very urgent. Our organization is very clear that we support diplomatic relations, but the issue right now that's very urgent is figuring out what's happening. Why are these individuals being tagged? If it is related to lack of diplomatic ties, that needs to be addressed, but really this just needs to be tagged because I believe that it's a violation of the charter and of Canadian values.
On October 25th, 2018. See this statement in context.