I would take the priority to mention the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office. I mentioned earlier that they're located all around the world. There's one in Canada, in Toronto. There are three in the U.S., and they're overseas representative offices of the Hong Kong government.
In the lead-up to the British transfer of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the Canadian government granted the HKETO special privileges and immunities that are exactly the same for consular posts. This was in recognition of Hong Kong's autonomy from China. I think right now there are a few problems we see. They have evolved to serve another purpose: to create and promote propaganda for Hong Kong and China and to track Hong Kong dissidents abroad. There are a lot of examples that back what I have just said about the tracking, the surveillance and the influence on public policies. I'm not going to go into it, but I'm happy to provide that information after the hearing.
I think we have to now acknowledge that Hong Kong's previously known autonomy is gone. We should start thinking of asking this question: Why are we giving China two separate diplomatic representations in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., etc.?
There are some legislative actions behind this idea in the U.S. and in Canada. There is a recent petition presented by MP Jenny Kwan that also includes an ask to revoke the special immunities and privilege of the HKETO. I hope that members of Parliament would would take that as one of the ways to tackle this issue: to shut the HKETO down and to take its diplomatic status away. That would be the one spotlight that I would highlight.