We have a significantly highly competent foreign service deployed across this region that operates with very limited resources. The Indo-Pacific strategy has, to an extent, contributed to additional support and new positions in some aspects. This is absolutely crucial if we are serious in the long term to have those ears on the ground, absolutely.
Ears on the ground can also be a whole-of-society effort and one that goes beyond trade missions. This speaks to my initial suggestion of leveraging people-to-people ties in the higher education sector, and leveraging the expert capacity we have in Canada in ways that are more effective is also a very cost-effective way of showing the flag in various areas, keeping ears on the ground and getting a sense of where the wind is blowing at particular moments.