To carry on the discordant conversation, Mr. Chair, you and a few of us on this committee just returned from Taiwan. May I first of all say that the work of this committee is very worthwhile. We witnessed and were privileged to present your report to the President of Taiwan. She was quite touched by the work of this committee.
I know sometimes you labour in obscurity on a Monday evening between 6:30 and 9:30 in the basement of an old, musty building, but it was appreciated half a world away.
One of the interesting comments she made was that Taiwan is drawing its investments down from mainland China. She had facts and figures to back it up. It's significant. Of course, Taiwan's relationship with China is far closer and far more significant than ours is, but it struck me that Taiwan had the guts to start to pull itself out of China, whereas Canada continues to dance around the maple wondering whether it should or it shouldn't, and wraps itself up in ESG concerns.
The first question I have of you is this: Given the geopolitical concerns, would either one of you put an investment into China or recommend to one of your investment entities that they put a fresh investment into China, given the geopolitical tensions there?
Go ahead, Professor Arès.