Thank you, Chair.
We've heard the word “focus” a lot in this first session, and we do have big competition.
Russia and China are not knocking on the door: They're already inside. They're doing business, they're doing development and they're focusing a lot on the region for all the strategic purposes that we all know of.
In this case, Canada's role cannot be limited, but with what we are providing and what we have in hand, we must focus on certain things regionally or country by country, or in a historical relationship that we believe can give us a way in, in order to at least be effective and make a difference in light of all the activities and the different players in the region.
If the department is to choose, what do we choose? Do we choose a country, a region or an industry? What do we do to make sure Canada is effective in Africa?