We need to be paying attention to where we can leverage our resources, as I pointed out—where we can leverage our strengths. Engaging with the emerging economies that will be hungry for energy, minerals and other resources is an important step. That needs to go beyond just government engagement. We need to be able to talk to private sector and civil society organizations as well as the government in those countries.
We need to leverage our own capabilities, including civil society organizations and our multicultural ability to engage. Quebec and its experience could actually help quite a lot with the federal government when it comes to engaging in French Africa, for example. It is going to be the most populous continent in the world.
Our engagement with Africa is very limited, despite the fact that we are a member of both the Commonwealth and la Francophonie, the OIF. It is a resource with which we need to engage a lot more. We need to do it in a multi-formatted way, not only government to government but also including the private sector and civil society.