Mr. Speaker, first of all I am pleased to inform my colleague and this House that I did indeed raise the case of Trân Triêu Quân with the Vietnamese authorities, including the deputy prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs, and that some progress was made.
Second, the member across the way seems to be suggesting that the Canadian government should use economic pressure to resolve the situation of Trân Triêu Quân. I wish to inform the member that
his provincial counterpart in Quebec, the minister responsible for francophonie, refused to make any such promises, and I do not intend to do so either.