Welcome to the Dalai Lama

From the Ottawa Citizen: http://tinyurl.com/rsh9a

The Dalai Lama arrives in Vancouver today for a three-day visit to open the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education.

The Conservative government, which has displeased China on several fronts since assuming power, is sending at least two senior government representatives to Vancouver, despite China's objections, to welcome His Holiness and his delegation. Calgary MP Jason Kenney, once an outspoken critic of China's human rights policy and now Prime Minister Stephen Harper's parliamentary secretary, will meet privately with Tibet's exiled spiritual and political leader Saturday. Immigration Minister Monte Solberg, meanwhile, will attend a public gathering to hear the Dalai Lama speak Saturday.

Although the Canadian government is taking great care to describe the meeting as a courtesy gesture, without any political significance, it is unlikely that such explanation would placate the Chinese government, which was already seriously angered when the new government supported a Tory MP's motion, passed unanimously in June, calling for the Dalai Lama to be recognized as an honorary Canadian citizen.

So here's my message to the Chinese government: