Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate our witnesses giving their opening remarks.
I know my father was deeply humiliated when he fled mainland China ahead of the Communist advance southward, never to return to that land, immigrating to Canada in 1952, and severing his entire life, as millions of others have done over the last number of decades, because of the authoritarianism and human rights violations of that state. I want to make sure, Mr. Chair, that goes on the record.
I have a question for Mr. Saint-Jacques. As he mentioned in his opening statement, the government is working on an Indo-Pacific strategy that has been talked about for some time. Does Mr. Saint-Jacques believe this document should identify the People's Republic of China as a strategic rival, as has been done by some of Canada's closest allies, such as Germany, the United States and other very close formal allies?