Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses and Premier Smith for joining us here today. It's a great pleasure.
There's a lot to unpack with the preambles. I'd like to start, Premier Smith, with a geopolitical view.
We've seen key allies around the world repeatedly ask for Canadian energy. More recently, Taiwan has been asking for help with their circumstance, and even India has said recently that Canada is not a reliable supplier yet.
Given this context, what level of interest or commitment do you see from around the Pacific Rim and other parts of the world? Will you push the federal government to stand with these democratic partners and support Canadian energy exports to them?