Canada-China Relations committee  If I look at the overall number of cases the way we track them, there were 26,500 cases in 2019 in China: 4,500 of those were citizenship requests; 20,000 were passport-related; and there were 375 of what we term “consular cases”, which are more complex. Of those, 123 were cases

Canada-China Relations committee  Do you mean globally?

Canada-China Relations committee  Currently, we have 123 Canadians who are detained in greater China. That includes China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Canada-China Relations committee  I'm sorry. I'll have to—

Canada-China Relations committee  Consular assistance in Canada is granted under the royal prerogative, and our consular policy is to offer consular service to all Canadians under the consular charter. We are typically notified by host governments of detention cases. If we are notified of them by other sources, w

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes, we have been provided consular access to Mr. Schellenberg and we've visited.

Canada-China Relations committee  Due to the Privacy Act, I'm not going to comment on the cases of specific Canadians and their sentencing.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Chair. While I can't speak to the details of the cases, there are two Canadians—Mr. Schellenberg and Mr. Fan Wei—whose charges on the death penalty are public and available.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. The Government of China has taken different measures in different areas to respond to the spread of the coronavirus in an effort to impede its continued extension. Hubei province is the focus of attention because of the particular restrictions around travel in and out

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes.

Canada-China Relations committee  I'm happy to get.... I don't have all the details of the staffing of the embassy. We're happy to work with the clerk and the chair of the committee to provide that information.

Canada-China Relations committee  The Privacy Act governs what we are able to release publicly. We'll work with the clerk of the committee to respond to whatever requests are made.

Canada-China Relations committee  I will say that we responded very quickly to the outbreak. We've been tracking it since it began. We have been tracking as well the needs of Canadians as they developed. As I mentioned earlier, we don't have a consular presence on the ground—

Canada-China Relations committee  As I mentioned, we do not have a consular presence in Wuhan. The area of Wuhan is under the governance of our consulate in Shanghai and we're providing consular services through the consular section there. As reports came in that Canadians might be having difficulty leaving the

Canada-China Relations committee  The rapid deployment teams are under my management at Global Affairs Canada. They are trained and dispatched through the emergency watch and response centre.