It is helpful to talk about the frame of our foreign policy, given how many specific and detailed questions are arising in this committee appearance, so thank you for raising that.
The foreign policy that we are executing today is a direct response to the very volatile geopolitical environment and the fact that multilateral institutions that we have traditionally relied upon for our prosperity are not functioning as they did.
The gist of the Prime Minister's speech in Davos and subsequent work that we've been doing to build on that framework is to exemplify that while we are pragmatic, while we have signed 20 security, defence and economic agreements on five continents over the past year, we are continuing to uphold the principles that have long been a part of our foreign policy.
I spent the last response talking about humanitarian assistance. In the last year alone, when you look at our humanitarian aid to populations that are incredibly vulnerable, starving or oppressed, you will see that commitment to our values and principles being upheld.
Indeed, I laid out some of these values in my speech to the United Nations on September 29 of last year: the idea that we will stand for environmental sustainability, we will stand for gender equality, we will stand for reconciliation and we will stand for humanitarian aid.
In fact, that's a set of principles that largely defines much of the work in our government. I think many of us would say that while we are pragmatic, we will always stay true to those principles. Indeed, Bill C-35 reflects the principle that we hold dearly, that there should not be slavery in supply chains, and we will not accept goods into this country if they are made as a result of exploitation in the supply chain.