Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased the opposition has asked this question.
The foreign affairs minister has met with the Chinese ambassador in Ottawa to express our deepest concerns about the situation in the Taiwan Strait. We continue to advocate that the political differences between Taiwan and China should be resolved politically and peacefully.
Because of our strategic importance in the Asia-Pacific region any escalation of tensions in that region would impact on Canadian interests. This is why we have advocated to the Chinese and the Taiwanese that any miscalculation of actions on either side would be very harmful to the situation in the strait.