Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
This has been very interesting testimony. I want to thank the witnesses for being with us today.
I have a few questions. I want to follow up on what Mr. Perron was speaking about. The whole point of the Indo-Pacific strategy is, of course, to ensure that we are reducing our reliance on China.
Mr. Carey, I understand what you're saying when you say that we have a very big reliance on China, and that's not going to change in the foreseeable future. On the other hand, we saw the punitive non-tariff trade barriers that were put in place by China on the canola industry. We also know it was politically motivated. Therefore, there is that vulnerability in terms of our relationship with China that we have to manage.
How do we manage that vulnerability? How do we deal with that? As we develop relationships with other countries in the Indo-Pacific region, how do we ensure those relationships are not as vulnerable to punitive actions as we've seen, historically, with our relationship with China?
I'll start with you, Mr. Carey, and then I can go to Mr. Harvey and Mr. Innes.