Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We talked about the comments made by the Chinese ambassador to France. We had recent comments made by the South African ambassador to Canada, who criticized us for not being the soft power that he envisions us to be and for being too closely aligned with Ukraine.
I'm just wondering if those are appropriate comments to be made by so-called diplomats—to be more engaged in bilateral relationships with the countries they're stationed in. Is this part of a greater strategy to undermine western support and to question the resiliency of the alliance, particularly here in Canada? Essentially, I think some people have described it as “wolf“ diplomacy.