I was glad that you looked at the criteria for the countries of focus approach that have been applied so far. Obviously, it's very problematic when we look at their need, capacity, and alignment with Canadian policy interests. We've had almost no one appear before the committee who has defended that kind of an approach.
Then you pivoted to speak about the Netherlands and defended their approach as a particular example or model that Canada could look to among the alternative that exist. I'm very interested in the three types of relationships that the Dutch have as part of their development policy, in particular, their aid relationships mainly with fragile states.
Professor Bhushan, you said in your presentation that fragility can exist in contexts and not necessarily states. Prior to your testimony today, we heard from Save the Children whose witness said that there was fragility not defined by borders. I just wonder if you could speak about this and whether or not you would counsel a state like Canada to focus on regions. When you say contexts, I take that to mean regions. If you could comment on that, that would be great.
As a follow-up, are trade relationships indeed the third part of the Dutch aid policy?