Mr. Speaker, Canada has had an interest in the Indo-Pacific area for trade, for example, our participation in the CPTPP. We are very interested in the ASEAN group of countries. We have a number of interests with respect to countries like India, South Korea, Japan and others in the Southeast Asia region. It is natural for Canada, which is a trading nation, to want to develop those, and we will continue to do that in the years ahead.
In the House of Commons on February 18th, 2021. See this statement in context.