I was just going to add to that.
The document I have from Hong Kong Watch does not have any of the banks on it. The trustees I have are Manulife Provident Funds Trust Company Limited, Sun Life Trustee Company Limited and Sun Life Pension Trust Limited.
I think I heard a lot of goodwill from the New Democrats and I think we want to resolve this, but the issue is not legislation in Canada, as far as I understand it from Hong Kongers. The legislation is in Hong Kong, because when you apply, you have to provide documentation that you have left Hong Kong and you have no intention of returning. When you provide the Canadian PR card, a picture of it, that's how they're able to identify that you came to Canada and entered here through your BNO passport. This is why it's an IRCC issue.
I agree that we should invite Finance Canada, so I'm going to make an amendment to Mr. McLean's motion. After “Global Affairs Canada,” add the words “and Finance Canada,” and then it continues on to “Manulife Financial, Sun Life”, and then after the words “Sun Life Canada,” add “and financial institutions,” and then continue with “immigrants from Hong Kong”. I think that will then call all of these individuals here, and they can send the representatives they wish.
Truthfully, this is a foreign relations issue. This is a banking issue in Canada, based on what Ms. Kwan was saying; however, it is also an IRCC issue, because IRCC is essentially facilitating the identification of Hong Kongers in Canada whose intention is to stay here. They're residents or citizens of Canada. It's facilitating the transnational repression by the Communists in Beijing, so to prevent that, we have to address this issue of these three letters, digits, at the front of the PR card. That's the problem on the IRCC side.
Beyond that, I think it's an open question as to why these big businesses are facilitating transnational repression by foreign actors, by these authoritarian regimes.
That's my amendment, Chair.