Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'll make it really brief and just list the four recommendations. Thank you for the time.
Our first one concerns adopting a prisoner of conscience. Our first recommendation is for the sub-committee to canvas for parliamentarians who would be willing to participate in this “adopt a prisoner of conscience” project. By adopt we mean that one parliamentarian would follow the circumstances of one imprisoned activist and make sure that he or she is treated decently in prison so as, first, to protect them while they are in prison and in the long term call for their unconditional release.
In short, that's what one can do. We can definitely provide you with a list of such prisoners of conscience, and we'll subtract those who have already been “adopted” by your counterparts in the United States and Germany and in Australia. This has already been done; it's already rolling.
Our second recommendation is for the sub-committee to request a report from the office of the Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Ambassador Andrew Bennett, whom Dr. Nguyen and Dr. Le and I had the privilege of meeting with yesterday, to be updated on the situation of religious freedoms in Vietnam.
Our third recommendation is to call for legal reforms in Vietnam, as has already been mentioned numerous times, to remove vague articles in the penal code that are used to criminalize peaceful dissent.
Our final recommendation pertains to the TPP, which Dr. Nguyen has addressed thoroughly for you.
Thank you very much.