Mr. Speaker, the treatment of the gentleman in question is, of course, unacceptable to the government of Canada. That is why the Prime Minister himself raised the issue, as did the Minister of Foreign Affairs. We continue to tell the government of Vietnam to respect the fact that this Canadian citizen must be released, because the present position of the government of Vietnam is not reasonable.
In the House of Commons on December 8th, 1995. See this statement in context.