The Philippines has always been supportive of Canada's more intense engagement in the region.
In certain mechanisms, for example, in the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Defense Ministers Plus, there are administrative challenges, but we continue to discuss with our partners—both in ASEAN and our bilateral partners—how we can engage more partners.
We can involve more partners in these discussions and activities because we believe there are many more countries that have an equal stake in the issues that we are discussing.