Colleagues, we're going to resume.
I want to thank all of you. We're going to try to keep this on schedule, as hard as it may seem.
In the video conferencing, if we have this right, we have the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, with Eva Busza. As well, we have John McArthur, professor, Brookings Institute, and and we have Philip Oxhorn, professor of political science at McGill University.
Philip, you're going to start. You're first on the list, so I want to turn the floor over to you for your opening remarks. Thank you for coming.