Thank you for that answer.
Yes, the Indo-Pacific region does include countries that are big greenhouse gas emitters because they have huge populations. Obviously, we are thinking of China and India. However, when we consider emissions per capita, Canada ranks among the worst countries: a Canadian produces more greenhouse gas than a person in China or India, for example, so we still have a lot of work to do ourselves. The present government is missing all its GHG reduction targets and we are one of the planet's losers when you look at our emissions per capita.
There are countries in the Indo-Pacific region that are at risk of disappearing, of being completely erased from the map. There are little islands that might quite simply be underwater in a few years because of the glaciers melting and sea levels rising. What is there in Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy regarding the impact of rising sea levels on these small countries and these little islands, which are genuinely at risk?