Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Young, thank you for your speech, which was interesting.
It is lovely to see you. I had the pleasure of visiting the Port of Vancouver a few months ago. From where we sit on Vancouver Island, the Port of Vancouver is an important part of a wider network of ports, including the home ports that we have in Nanaimo, that are working to expand trade with reliable partners like Japan, which has been a stable and important partner for Canada as a Pacific nation.
As you know, the Port of Nanaimo has just signed a sister port agreement with the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The CEO, Ian Marr, has played a real leadership role in the Indo-Pacific through the Association of Pacific Ports. As you know, communities like mine are working to deepen ties with partners in the Indo-Pacific region, like Japan and others, that share our strong standards, domestic values and the rule of law.
Could you comment on whether you're seeing stronger coordination among ports in countries like Japan, Taiwan and South Korea that share those common governance and trade standards with Canada?