It is indeed.
The final question is what Canada can do in a situation like this. We heard earlier from Mr. Saint-Jacques that we ought to reach out more to multilateral organizations and seek to strengthen them as a middle power.
Do you have any advice? I consult you, instead of Mr. Saint-Jacques on this—no disrespect to him—because you offer a historian's perspective. With that perspective, looking back to the Canadian tradition of being a middle power, are there things we can do within multilateral organizations, to continue to engage allies?
This is something that has been a central goal of our foreign policy, but it's difficult.