I'll try to answer that.
When we want to diversify on trade issues.... You mentioned oil and gas. We talk about the need to diversify our economy. We talked earlier about defence spending. That's fine. None of those things can exist in isolation from one another.
Take the example of the gulf states and Sudan. We want to increase relationships with certain gulf actors. We need to have an opinion on and engagement on Sudan if we're going to be engaging in the gulf. The gulf has engagement on Sudan. They're engaged in the conflict quite actively. Canada can play a role in the economic drivers of the conflict in Sudan—addressing those, trying to stem some of them and addressing the peace process in Sudan—as a way of demonstrating that we are a serious political actor when we're talking trade as well.
We need to connect these pieces to one another, not just do trade with one hand and political peace processes or diplomacy with the other. These things need to come together for us to have a mature foreign policy.
