Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witness for being here.
I appreciate your opening testimony. I found it quite interesting. I've been on the China committee before, and certainly it was an issue that we studied at the immigration committee when I was on that panel in reference to Taiwan. We also have studied, at the public safety committee, Canada's security posture in response to Russian aggression, and China came into that discussion as well.
I was a bit surprised, actually, at some of your opening remarks. It seemed like perhaps.... Perhaps “downplaying” is not the word, but it seemed like you were saying that perhaps Canada is...that some folks on the international communications are overplaying the dangers that China has and that they aren't really as coordinated as some of us feel. Can you just clarify or further comment? I may be misinterpreting what you were saying.