Madam Speaker, in fact, there are a number of things. It is a complex issue. As far as collaboration is concerned, I agree. I said at the beginning of my speech that we should not see China as an enemy, that we should have a dialogue, that China deserves to be treated as a country in its own right. That is not the issue.
Now, we need to be clear on one thing. Economic warfare, and more specifically warfare involving data and information, is the new global dynamic today. Canada's standards in terms of research, data and development are not at all shared by China. When opening up dialogue and co-operation, things need to be made very clear and be monitored extremely closely, as in any form of diplomatic co-operation.
My sense is that Canada is not ready for this truly global, cutthroat competition for research, information and data, and that it ought to be.