With respect to the trade and human rights question, I think the assumption that trade is going to dry up or suffer if we talk about human rights has always been overstated. It's overstated in many relationships, and I think it's overstated in the Canada-China relationship as well. The contrary assumption--that if you just focus on getting the wheels of commerce humming along nicely, somehow all the human rights problems are going to take care of themselves--is also without foundation. Human rights need concerted attention; they need concerted attention in every venue and forum possible, and that includes areas dealing with trade and investment.
With respect to the issue of putting people at risk, I agree completely with Professor Burton. I think there can actually be tremendous value. Obviously you do it responsibly and carefully and not in a scattered, willy-nilly manner, but there can be real value. We see this all around the world when foreign governments take an active interest in local beleaguered human rights groups, provide resources in support of their work, or provide moral and solidarity support by attending trials or trying to visit family. That doesn't mean it's always going to be easy to do in China, and some of that access may sometimes be denied, but to see that start to be more assertively and consistently pursued would be very valuable.
Lastly, with respect to the Olympics, I agree wholeheartedly. I'll share with you a paper in both English and French that Amnesty International put out a few weeks ago. It lays out some of our recommendations in the lead-up to the Olympics. The recommendations are directed at a number of key players, including the International Olympic Committee. We think they're dropping the ball. A lot was said by the Chinese government and others, especially at the time when the Olympics were awarded to China by the IOC, about how this was going to be good for human rights, but we're not seeing any evidence that it has been good for human rights yet.
It is quite the contrary; in a number of ways, since some of the human rights violations have been carried out in the context of forced evictions related directly to Olympic construction, for instance, there are actually emerging human rights concerns, and now's the time for the international community, via the IOC, to start dealing with that, not a week before everyone arrives in Beijing in 2008.