Mr. Speaker, again, I want to join my colleagues in wishing you a happy retirement. Thank you for the role model you have been for many of us freshmen MPs in this House.
In the speech my colleague just made, he mentioned the sanction on the Conservative shadow minister for foreign affairs. It has been observed that many Chinese countermeasures or sanctions have been levelled on government officials, those who have power. It is rather an exception that in this particular case, China has sanctioned an opposition shadow minister, as well as an entire parliamentary subcommittee.
Would the member have any insight into why China would do that? Of course nobody would actually know exactly why, but what are the member's thoughts on that?