Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
It seems we agree on the fact that there are problems with respect for Uighur rights. I would refer to the testimony of Gulbahar Jalilova, a Uighur rights activist and Kazakh concentration camp survivor. She was arrested while travelling in Xinjiang and accused of being a terrorist. She refused to confess to the charges and was imprisoned, tortured, raped and forced to swallow unknown pills. She begged the guards to kill her.
It is easy to point fingers at the Liberal government now, but in 2008, the Conservatives did nothing when Beijing hosted the Olympic Games. What changed from 2008 to 2020? I think we can agree that respect for human rights in China is a long-standing problem.