Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for their time and their very compelling testimony today.
I'll start with something that all of the witnesses have touched on today, which is response from the international community. Over the past number of months and this year, the response from western countries, including Canada, to the imposition of the NSL and the ongoing repression of pro-democracy legislators and activists has been swift and condemnatory. Imposing sanctions, changing immigration policies to favour Hong Kongers and restricting exports of certain goods to Hong Kong have been a few of the steps that have been taken by the western countries.
I'll start by asking this: What has been the impact of these measures on the ground in Hong Kong specifically, and how has the government really responded on the ground?
Perhaps we'll start with Mr. Chan.