Thank you, Chair.
First, Deputy Minister, I heard both you and the ambassador mention pragmatic diplomacy and pragmatic engagement, that type of terminology.
I have the Global Energy Monitor here, and I want to mention it, because both of you mentioned climate change and the importance of working with the PRC on it. It seems to me that the PRC says one thing and does another. According to the Global Energy Monitor, the PRC has an estimated 114 gigawatts of capacity approved that use coal power, and they started construction of 70 gigawatts in 2023. For 2022, 104 gigawatts were approved, and 54 gigawatts were under construction.
How can we believe anything they have to say on climate change when they are not going to meet any of their 2025 climate change goals? All the while they're using Canada's good name through this organization that's been mentioned now multiple times and that Minister Guilbeault is the executive vice-chair of.