Thank you for your answer. That is certainly a question we will want to come back to.
We saw that the visit by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to Taiwan in early August provoked a reaction from the People's Republic of China that was both disproportionate and disturbing, even though it is not unusual for foreign parliamentarians, particularly Americans, to travel to Taiwan.
My question is for the Global Affairs Canada representatives. How do we explain this sudden hardening of the attitude of the People's Republic of China in reaction to the visit by foreign parliamentarians to Taiwan, particularly with respect to the visit that Canadian parliamentarians are planning in a few days? Are we expecting a reaction from the People's Republic of China to that visit, and have discussions with the Chinese been undertaken in this regard?