Indeed, the Indo-Pacific strategy that the government launched a year ago is a 10-year strategy. To the question, while there are challenges at the moment, as I mentioned in my opening statement, in our bilateral relationship with India, I don't think anyone would disagree with the strategic importance of India, its economic growth and its global impact.
Over the course of a 10-year strategy, we fully anticipate leveraging the tools of that strategy, including our incredible history, our diaspora and our people-to-people ties, and developing further the partnership that both our countries see as being of interest. We hope to get to that curve, strategically, sooner rather than later, but of course our priority for now is to pursue the allegations and get to the bottom, as the Prime Minister has said, of Mr. Nijjar's murder.
Within the broader context, what does the IPS bring to Canadian stakeholders, businesses and universities?
The government has launched a very ambitious whole-of-government, whole-of-society agenda for a region that is driving global growth and driving global innovation. Canadians are reasonably well positioned, but, frankly, need to work together to have an impact in that region. In the first year, you will have seen some significant successes, including launching a strategic partnership with ASEAN and strengthening bilateral relations in northeast Asia. We hope to develop that further in the next year.