Thank you, Mr. Ross.
I want to turn my focus to you, Mr. Nankivell, with respect to what you were talking about on the Asia Pacific Foundation. I found you very much in the weeds in terms of details, but I actually thoroughly enjoyed it.
In November of last year, the Prime Minister was actually on the ground at ASEAN. There was a public announcement about the agreement between ASEAN and Canada to change Canada's status and move toward elevating Canada's status to that of a strategic partner. You know—you noted it in your comments—that we are working towards a free trade deal with ASEAN.
Can you tell us about what that kind of announcement last November means in terms of elevating Canada to strategic partner status? How does that help the process of getting an FTA concluded?
It's over to you, Mr. Nankivell.