If I understand correctly, you don't think there will be any particular trouble with our neighbours to the south, and we should be happy about that.
The following mandate has been entrusted to you:
to work with the Minister of Canadian Heritage to promote Canada's public diplomacy through cultural and educational spheres, such as introducing a new cultural diplomacy strategy with at least one international mission each year to promote Canadian culture and creators around the world.
As you know, this was one of the main thrusts of Canada's foreign policy until 2005. In 2005, under the previous Conservative government, major cuts were made to the trade routes program and the public diplomacy program, the Canadian cultural centre in Paris and cultural positions in various embassies, including Berlin.
You probably know that many events abroad, such as Surprenante Acadie, in Poitiers, France, and Les Déferlantes francophones, in Capbreton, France, were funded by this type of program.
At some point, are you planning to reinvest in this type of program, to enable civil society and particularly the cultural and education sectors to promote all our cultures abroad?