One of the observations made about Canada's Indo‑Pacific strategy is that Canada seems to be turning its back on a long tradition of promoting democracy and protecting human rights. In fact, there's a passage in the strategy that even goes so far as to say that we must engage in dialogue with countries with which we may have disagreements in terms of political systems.
Do you think this was part of the strategy designed in response to the observation made by people at Global Affairs Canada that Southeast Asia, and the Asia‑Pacific in general, is not, throughout, fertile ground for democracy and ideas of protecting and respecting human rights?