Yes, but I would also say that in 2017 we had a qualitative and quantitative paradigm shift in the aggressive posture by China and the systematic leveraging of technology to undermine our way of life, which now poses an existential threat to Canada in a way that we did not have before. I would say the current government has been rather slow in picking up on this paradigmatic shift.
On June 20th, 2023. See this statement in context.