Obviously, I'm not a permanent member of this committee, but it seems to me that we're discussing the projects and the potential benefits, one would hope, to Canadian companies, but not actually hearing from said companies. We're clearly missing an entire piece here, which relates to one of the three key tenets of why Canada is engaged in an institution like the AIIB.
I want to go back to that question of values, which you mentioned is one of the three reasons that we engage with institutions like the AIIB and others. One Canadian value that's been thrown around today is that of multilateralism. One will note that multilateralism doesn't mean that we always agree with each other. Canada and China can have disagreements. Canada and other countries can have disagreements. But there is value in working together and recognizing that China is one of our major trading partners. There are incredible economic opportunities, it seems, for Canadian companies to engage in projects in the AIIB.
Would you agree that it is beneficial for Canada to engage in multilateral institutions and that this kind of engagement is beneficial to obviously not just people overseas but Canadians as well?
