Thank you so much for explaining all that to us.
To the young people who are in the streets—I hope that some of them are watching—know that we Canadians are standing with them and supporting them in their bravery and their courage in fighting for democracy and for their rights.
I would like to, if I have time, ask a quick question of Professor Lindstaedt.
Professor, you said that the trajectory of this law is going toward the kinds of things that are done in Russia. I note that the protesters are referring to this as the “Russian law”. I know that often authoritarian regimes will use the language of democracy and will mimic and try to draw parallels where there are none in order to try to justify repressive laws and the undermining of democracy.
Could you talk a little about how that is done and how it's being played out in Georgia?