Foreign Affairs committee  I'll defer to the two with much greater expertise, but I am sympathetic to this notion of an evolving regulatory framework: the more we practise some of those new relationships.... I agree entirely with Hugh. We should pursue this with our eyes open, but we should definitely purs

Foreign Affairs committee  I will answer the honourable member because that is provocation.

Foreign Affairs committee  The fact is that we have worked together on these issues a great deal in the past, which we publicly acknowledge. I am in fact in the process of organizing a conference at the University of Ottawa on the political Francophonie, and I would be very pleased for you to take part. T

Foreign Affairs committee  I would defer to one of the two experts. I do consider the level playing field to be a constant objective, and it takes more time to achieve with China, and I fully sympathize with their concern. I think Hugh and Sarah would be able to go deeper into that same question.

Foreign Affairs committee  As to the relationship between India and Pakistan, I would say that it is practically impossible to have a security architecture in this region. Looking at the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan alone, which goes back to the creation of Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is

Foreign Affairs committee  I've been bold enough to author a paper that was published in the magazine, Forces, saying that the missing member in TPP is China. At some stage we will have to accommodate China within it because it is the key player in the region. To me it's pretty obvious, but it's going to t

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, chairman and honourable members of the committee. It's an honour to be here in front of this committee, which has often been a reference point throughout my career. I'll make my remarks in English. That said, I can of course answer in French and maybe in Russian a bit