Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, about the flood; I won't talk about the flood.

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay.

Foreign Affairs committee  Great. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate Mr. Genuis's comment. Really, our purpose in being here in this place is to bring forth the voices of our community. I fully understand that we're talking about the subamendment, but everything we do in this place has to be with the mind

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think what I'll do is move that we proceed to schedule additional witnesses on Ukraine, because I feel that we've had a number of references about relevance, so it's time to move on. I'd make that motion.

Foreign Affairs committee  You mentioned semiconductors in your testimony, so I wanted to dig in a bit deeper there. We know that this is an important product for Taiwan, and it's important for Canada when it comes to critical mineral supply chains and EVs. I was wondering if you could go into more detail

Foreign Affairs committee  With Taiwan expressing interest in and applying to join the trans-Pacific partnership, the CPTPP, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how Canada could support Taiwan's bid to join this trade agreement.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that information. Just to tag on to that, what would be the implications if democracies such as Canada stopped advocating for Taiwan's participation in trade agreements like CPTPP?

Foreign Affairs committee  What could be the implications if democracies like ours stop or lessen our advocacy?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I think I might have time for one more quick question.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. We heard testimony earlier today from another witness that it would make sense for like-minded countries to band together collectively—we have larger economies than the People's Republic of China—to combat potential threats. Would you agree that this would be a good s

Foreign Affairs committee  Where do you see the biggest opportunities if Taiwan joins the CPTPP?

Foreign Affairs committee  Great. Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. My questions are for Professor Laliberté. I wanted to start with the current situation in the Taiwan Strait. How could trade with Taiwan be impacted with respect to creating supply chain issues?

Foreign Affairs committee  I mean with having tensions. Is there potential, and what could that potentially mean?

Foreign Affairs committee  That's great. Thank you. There was an announcement where the government discussed the need for Canada and Taiwan to continue to work together. Specifically, in January of this year, the readout from the minister refers to—there are a number of things in here—an increase in “coll