Canada has, I think, a very vigorous strategy toward Asia. Our people-to-people links are very strong. Increasingly, in addition to our first nations and our European heritage, we're becoming a more Asian country simply because of our excellent people-to-people links, education links, and again businesses continue to trade whether the government has an agreement or not.
The activity of Canada in APEC is to be welcomed and encouraged. Our bilateral engagement with Japan is, I hope, a very high-quality agreement, not least because Japan has invested significantly in Canada, including in our automotive footprint. We want to sell energy products to Japan.
I think our most important element of an Asia strategy is in fact the domestic work we have to do inside our own country to create the highest quality, most environmentally responsible infrastructure to actually export to Asia and take advantage of this incredible opportunity.
In addition to that, we would encourage a strategic partnership with China, similar to Australia. That white paper process you described is very important in terms of involving the public in a discussion about the people-to-people, human rights, and political linkages that surface any time we discuss China as well as, in our view, the huge economic opportunities that are presented by China.