Mr. Chair, I want to ask the minister a question about China. Mr. Harder, the former deputy minister of foreign affairs, wrote an article the other day in the Globe and Mail which said something which a number of us have been feeling and that is that there is a definite political chill in the relationship between the Government of Canada and the government of China. He said:
Canadian business leaders are reporting that contracts are definitely being lost as a direct result of the chill between our most senior political leaders.
It would be good to have the minister's view on this issue since the former deputy minister has made that comment.