Mr. Speaker, my colleague referenced some of the human rights violations committed by the CCP. I want to mention to the House that I had the honour this afternoon of meeting with members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, who are here in Canada. Part of what they are doing is highlighting the case of the 11th Panchen Lama, who was detained and disappeared by the CCP more than 30 years ago. His whereabouts remain unknown.
Oftentimes, we hear discussions about the detention of Canadian citizens in the past tense, without acknowledging the fact that we continue to have the detention of Huseyin Celil, a Canadian citizen who has four children here in Canada. The detention has gone on for so long that, sadly, the youngest child in this family never had an opportunity to meet his father before he was taken illegally from a third country and brought to China, where he is incarcerated. He is a Canadian citizen and a human rights activist.
I think these specific cases of the Panchen Lama and Huseyin Celil, and other human rights abuses, really put into sharp focus our moral obligations, as well as the strategic importance of defending justice and human rights and defending Canadian citizens. I wonder if my colleague has reflections on that.