Thank you, Chair.
Ms. Gallagher, it sounds like we should have you back at some point to tell us more about some of the other important cases you're working on. I think that would be quite worthwhile.
However, I want to zero in, in my final time here, on specific recommendations for the Government of Canada with respect to action on the Jimmy Lai case. We've heard from a number of you. I think there's a clear desire that there be a statement from the government, from Minister Joly, calling for the release of Jimmy Lai. I think we've heard that loud and clear.
We've heard recommendations about sanctions on Mr. Lai's persecutors. I think that's an important take-away as well.
One thing that hasn't come up—but I know, Ms. Leung, you've done some work on this—is immigration measures. The reality right now is that we've had instances of people in Hong Kong, who have been involved in the democracy movement, who have faced bogus charges related to that; and they've had trouble coming to Canada, because of criminality provisions in our immigration laws that don't take into consideration the context of some of these charges. I'm going to ask you to comment on your work in that regard in a minute.
Addressing foreign interference and transnational repression is clearly a part of this picture. It has a chilling effect beyond Hong Kong's borders. Then, also, we heard a bit, but I'd like to hear more about specific international legal mechanisms that can be triggered as a result of the violations of international law that Hong Kong authorities have been involved in, particularly their disregard of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, but there may be other international law issues and mechanisms we can trigger.
Ms. Leung, maybe just in 30 seconds you can comment on your work on the immigration piece, and then I'll come to the legal team on international mechanisms.