The U.S. is the only country that sells arms to Taiwan. If I want to ask Canada to follow suit, I may be asking for too much. You probably are not ready to do that, but there are many things we can do together. With Canada and Australia, you already have the two-plus-two meetings of the foreign minister and the defence minister, so let us follow. Let us be an observer to that, or we could have a deputy minister level of two plus two and things like that. There are many things we can do, because we have done only so much. I have all the friendships in Global Affairs, but I think I want to say to my friends in Global Affairs—some of them may be listening now—that there is much more we can do.
On September 26th, 2024. See this statement in context.