I would just add that business bilaterals are very important. What we've done at the foundation is to prepare a development database of all the so-called Asian ethnic business associations across the country, including Ms. Tapia's organization. We were so surprised to find that there are over 140 of them, typically organized by recent immigrants with an explicit focus on how to expand trade and investment between Canada and their so-called native countries.
We have to find ways to do more with these organizations. The question is what--what is it you want to do with them besides providing support to the associations themselves? I think the most important thing we can do is to somehow put them into the mainstream, put these so-called Asian ethnic business bilaterals in contact with the boards of trade and the chambers of commerce, the so-called mainstream Canadian businesses that have track records, that have networks and contacts and access to policy-makers, decision-makers, and so on, so that we can tap into the knowledge networks, the contacts, and the access of these associations for the benefit of the broader Canadian economy.
It would not be a good idea to simply treat the ethnic business bilaterals as enclave associations in and of their own right.