Mr. Chair, on the question of the arrests and the accusations of a conspiracy, of a coup in Brazil, we're of course aware of that, and we're very concerned. It's a very serious matter, and we're certainly following it. I think we need to let the Brazilian judicial process run its course. Obviously, this is a threat to democracy in Brazil, but we believe that there are strong enough institutions—in particular, the judicial arm of government—that will be looking into this, and we don't have a comment to make for the moment further than that. We're awaiting the conclusion of that.
In terms of Brazil's involvement with the BRICS, what we can say is that Brazil is obviously an important economy. It's now become the ninth-largest economy in the world. It is a developing country, and it is seen as a leader in the global south on the multilateral stage.
Of course, we're closely following the evolution of the BRICS to see how the group's actions and their messaging may influence Canadian interests, but of course we continue to engage with countries like Brazil and other members of the BRICS as needed to pursue common objectives.
We're definitely like-minded with Brazil on a number of issues. We share a lot of values. We may not share the same interests on some issues, and we can engage in constructive dialogue with Brazil on those issues.