Mr. Chair, I'm happy to take the question. If the ambassador wants to add, he can.
I take the point. It's an interesting one. We speak regularly about Taiwan with our colleagues at the State Department and the White House. I'm stating the obvious: We have a different strategy. Our Into-Pacific strategy is not identical to the American one, but we share many interests and we coordinate closely.
What I would say is that although Canada does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan and we do not, like the United States, have an act of Congress that commits us to the defence of Taiwan or provision of military assets to Taiwan, we have a broad range of ways in which we can continue to support the interests of the region and of the globe in seeing democracy and a free economy flourish in Taiwan. That includes conclusion of negotiations on a foreign investment protection arrangement and a recent MOU on health. There are things that the Government of Canada is able to do with authorities in Taiwan that, frankly, some of our like-minded partners won't do.
When it comes to the United States, they're in a unique category—given, again, acts of Congress, the Taiwan Relations Act and the way in which their military provides security across the region—but you will note recent joint exercises in the Taiwan Strait between Canadian frigates and American frigates. Where we can and where it's in our interest, we do align very closely with the approach of partners, but I wouldn't pretend that our policy and our tool kit track exactly with the United States.