Senator Segal: Your Excellency, in your judgment, were Canada to recommend or propose an exchange of officer cadets from our jurisdiction to study in yours, or college, and vice versa, if we were to suggest joint Indo-Canadian military exercises in the Pacific region because of concerns about the particular level of investment one of our other trading partners in the region have engaged in, which our Australian friends are quite concerned about, do you think that kind of proposition in principle would be assessed on its merits, or do you see any obstacles that would stand as a priori against that kind of proposal from our side?
Le sénateur Segal : Votre excellence, selon vous, si le Canada recommandait ou proposait d'envoyer des élèves- officiers canadiens étudier en Inde, et vice versa, si nous suggérions des exercices militaires indo-canadiens dans la région du Pacifique en raison des craintes soulevées par l'un de nos partenaires commerciaux au sujet de ses investissements dans cette région, dont nos amis australiens s'inquiètent beaucoup, croyez-vous que ce genre de proposition en principe serait évaluée objectivement ou connaissez-vous des éléments qui joueraient, a priori, contre ce genre de proposition de notre part?