It's too kind of you.
During his appearance before the Special Committee on the Canada-People's Republic of China Relationship on November 27, 2023, Canada's ambassador to Japan and Canada's special envoy for the Indo-Pacific, Ian McKay, stated the following: “Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy was created in large measure as a response to the emergence of China as a major global economic and military power and to deepen and broaden our engagements with partners in the region”.
Funnily enough—ironically enough, even—Mr. McKay also said this about China: “They're not spending a whole lot of attention and time thinking about our Indo-Pacific strategy. I don't think it has enhanced our dialogues going forward, but at the same time I don't think it has hindered our dialogues going forward.”
Ms. May and Mr. Morrison, do you have any brief comments on that?