Children of the open spaces David Mulroney, who has been in Taiwan about two years, roughly as long as Lien has been well known here, says he is deeply moved by Matthew's "choice to make Canada's Yukon his permanent home, because of his love for the beautiful and abundant nature there."
大地的兒女對加拿大駐台辦事處處長的馬大維而言，除了顯見的音樂成就，原籍美國的馬修給他最大的啟示是，「他選擇加拿大育空為永久居留地，因為那兒自然的原始和豐富。藉由他的眼睛、他的心，我們看到了以往未曾注意到的家鄉之美以及人為可能的破壞，將會導至萬劫不復。