The mandate we were given by Parliament was to cover all of Asia, but we cannot do that. In practical terms, we focus on the big three in Asia: Japan, China, and India. Then to the extent that our resources allow we look at South Korea and the ASEAN countries—the Association of Southeast Asian Nations—as two additional groups of countries that we focus on.
One thing I should say is that I've talked mostly about the economic relationship, and that's central and a driver of Canada-Asia relations. But as the foundation, as a group that tries to really understand what's happening in Asia, we make a very big point of stressing that the Canada-Asia relationship has to be taken in its totality.
The economic relationship is key, but we also pay very close attention to the political and diplomatic relationship, to institutional security and military relations, and above all to the people-to-people relationship—the human ties, which Canada has with Asia in a way that no other western country has. Our people-to-people ties in my estimation are longer, deeper, and more profound than any other western country's. That's an asset we can use, but haven't used quite as effectively as we could have.