Thank you for that question.
To be frank, and I hope the committee can appreciate my candour, I don't think much of what we've done has deterred Beijing. You have to understand that they have been emboldened by, frankly, what they see as inaction. Soft power engagement is not working with China.
We have asked repeatedly for sanctions. Alliance Canada Hong Kong did a community consultation of a survey across Canada and got 13,000 responses from Hong Kongers and Canadians. The top demand was sanctions in the face of the tightening grip of Beijing.
To be frank, this has been a long, ongoing struggle. I think we have ignored the plight of Hong Kongers for a very long time. I commend the government for acting as swiftly as it did to suspend the extradition treaty with Hong Kong when the NSL came into place, to suspend certain sensitive military exports and to introduce some of the immigration measures. However, we're not doing enough.