Regarding Africa, I think it was in 1993 that the Japanese government started an initiative called TICAD. That stands for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. We started the leaders' meetings between Japan and Africa—more than 50 countries—once every five years. Recently, we sort of elevated it to the next stage. Every three years we have a leaders' meeting on the TICAD initiative. That is specifically to help African countries develop.
When we started in 1993, we talked a lot about development assistance from the public sector. Nowadays, there's a lot of talk about the private sector. The ODA money is very important. That could be seed money for official development assistance, but investment by private companies has a huge impact.
Now we're talking about a combination between the official government assistance and, at the same time, private sector involvement. Africa is the continent of the future. More and more Japanese companies are paying attention. When it comes to the government side, Canada and Japan can share a lot. After all, Africa is so far away from Japan, but across the Atlantic Ocean, you have Africa over there. Therefore, you have more knowledge and more contacts. We can work together.