Very good. Okay.
All right, now I'd like to welcome our first panel. It is very good to be back in session where we're actually entertaining panels and getting feedback, in particular, on the Indo-Pacific strategy, which was really the focus of a lot of discussions some of us had in Washington with our counterparts on the select committee there.
I would like to welcome the guests for our first panel. We have Ambassador Ian McKay, ambassador of Canada to Japan and special envoy for the Indo-Pacific. From the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, we have Weldon Epp, assistant deputy minister, Indo‐Pacific; and Amanda Strohan, director general, Indo‐Pacific strategic policy, planning and operations.
Ambassador McKay, you have up to five minutes.
Take yourself off mute, and you're on your way.
You're still on mute, Ambassador. You're speaking to us from the future, I know that, from the other side of the international dateline. There we go. Perfect.