I appreciate that.
May I take this occasion to apologize to Madame Vignola for not being sufficiently conversant in French so as to give her the full answer in French.
Allow me to go to some documents here that will help you understand what we do in terms of the space. Each of the 38 events that I've held— dinners, lunches, breakfasts and receptions—at the official residence has always had one thing at its core, which is that it is a time to bring Canadians and Americans together. If I'm having a conference or a dinner, for example, on private equity and how that affects Canada, or on venture capital and how that affects Canadian companies, I have Canadian experts in that area come down, and we sit around a table with Americans. That is a very effective way of bringing people together and advancing Canada's case here in New York city.
The receptions themselves tend to be rather small, as opposed to the larger ones that we would do here at the mission, because we have the ability to have 80 or 100 people here at the mission. I think everybody knows that official residences, whether they are political or diplomatic, are often used in a way to advance our cause. Advocacy is at the heart of everything that we do, and we use the tools that are available to us to do it, whether it be a residence or a mission.