For Canada, any opportunity is a good one to offer reciprocity, to show that we're present, as well as to serve as a platform to host high-level discussions on a variety of topics.
I think there's one aspect of these exchanges that hasn't been mentioned but that is relevant if we want to hold this kind of event, this kind of high-level meeting. It's about leveraging more informal diplomacy channels or experts in diplomacy, for example, and better supporting them. Canada has access to these experts, but their participation has eroded over time, for all kinds of reasons. Fortunately, Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy has helped somewhat revive this kind of initiative. The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is making a very important contribution to this effort.
I think this is something that has to continue and that deserves to be taken a bit more seriously by Ottawa. I have attended a number of these meetings, and I know that these connections go a long way to demonstrating Canada's seriousness and its ability to contribute to discussions on key topics in a constructive way. However, many of these efforts are due to the goodwill of individual researchers and experts who are giving their time and research funding to—