Thank you for the question.
Certainly, on pillar five, the diplomatic uplift that Canada will be undertaking in the Indo-Pacific region—and Mr. Epp will have more details on the numbers—I think there will be between 100 and 120 strategically trained, placed and positioned diplomats in the region, including a lot of diplomats with more expertise on China, not just to work in China but to work in other missions across the region.
I think that in order for the strategy to succeed to its fullest potential, we need to have more and better trained—linguistically, culturally, politically—diplomats throughout the region, not just from Global Affairs Canada but from other government departments that have significant responsibilities and engagements in the region on energy, climate, trade and security. I think the outlook for the next several years to have a significant uplift in our numbers in the region will pay enormous dividends for decades to come.