Madam Chair, I would like to join the parliamentary secretary in celebrating the Montreal Canadiens' great win tonight, after they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1. This means the Habs get to continue their playoff run, and we are thrilled about that.
Unfortunately, the Minister of Foreign Affairs had very little time to complete his answer in our previous exchange on the situation in Taiwan. I would like to continue on this topic. Taiwan is currently experiencing a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, although the island had been faring relatively well in the pandemic until now.
However, Taiwan cannot negotiate with pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer, because China wants to force the Taiwanese government to go through Beijing for any requests, in order to pressure Tsai Ing-wen's nationalist government.
Is Canada planning to ship any vaccine doses directly to Taiwan, bypassing Beijing?