Thank you very much.
First, I want to say thanks to General Thibault for his service, as well as to Mr. Fadden for being here.
In recent years, Canada has certainly had increased presence in conducting transit, as we mentioned, in the Taiwan Strait. It is certainly our objective to keep free, open and inclusive the Indo-Pacific and to reaffirm the freedom of the navigation on these international waterways.
This past weekend, and I think my colleague was trying to refer to it, Canada successfully completed a joint transit through the strait with frigate HMCS Vancouver alongside the U.S. destroyer USS Higgins. This transit was completed in a safe and professional manner, but we know that this, unfortunately, has not been the case for all transit, certainly for us and some partners.
I would really like you both to speak about the danger of interfering with the transit and the diplomatic implication of it, please.