Mr. Speaker, the hon. member rightly knows there have been increasing tensions between the Government of China and the Government of Taiwan over the past several weeks.
Our position right along has been that the best way to resolve these tensions is through serious discussion, to adhere to the rules of law and to provide for any kind of international resolution in those disputes. The last thing we need is a heightening of tensions by the use of any kind of military force.
To that end, yesterday I spoke with the Chinese ambassador here to express Canada's concern about the missile testing and to press upon him that Canada would offer any good offices we could to help resolve the disputes or the tensions in a very peaceful and open conciliatory way.