Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the witnesses.
Thank you very much for the presentations you made.
When we talk about the Indo-Pacific, it's a beautiful, short name for a very powerful region geographically, politically, economically and demographically. It's a region we deal with, where we must consider setting a ground that is going to make it good for Canada and for the region to continue to have those relationships. It's very crucial. We have some calls to evolve, to have an evolution rather than a reinvention as far as our approach to the Indo-Pacific goes.
We know that there is an Indo-Pacific strategy set by our current government. The question for both of you—and maybe I'll start with Dr. Martel—is this: Are you convinced that the base point of starting the strategy and looking into the region is good enough? Is that set for reinvention, or is that set for evolution?
I would like comments from both of you, but I'll start with Dr. Martel.