 Hello, everyone. Today, I have participated at the summit of the leaders of the US partnership in Washington. It is a summit that brings together 12 countries of the Western Hemisphere and is organized by the Biden Prize. And I will come back to my meeting with the Biden Prize in a few moments. During the APEP summit today, we talked about the economy, climate action, the geopolitical context in the world right now, and the importance of democracy. During these turbulent times, it is more important than ever to work with close partners in the hemisphere to strengthen our supply chains, protect ourselves from the impacts of climate change, and ensure stability, which is essential to prosperity. For example, earlier this year, to help build climate resilience, Canada partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank Group and committed $5 million to promote the use of nature-based solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Another way to ensure stability is to create good jobs in each of our countries, including for the members of marginalized communities. It will be the aim of accelerating the partnership with the Americans that we will create with the United States and Uruguay to support entrepreneurs in these communities. To promote stability, we also need to help the millions of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since June, Canada has continued to welcome record numbers of migrants and refugees from the Western Hemisphere. And we are committed to helping migrant hosting communities on the ground, too, by investing towards better access to clean water, education, and other basic necessities. As I said earlier, we need to continue to encourage stability, because a more stable world means more security and prosperity for all of us. And that is why we are here today, and that is why we will continue to collaborate closely with all of our American partners. Obviously, the leaders are following the situation closely, and we have had several conversations on this topic. Before the summit started today, I met with President Biden to discuss a range of issues. There's a lot going on in the world right now, and the relationship between Canada and the United States is very important and how we engage with all these issues. Of course, we talked about the Middle East and Hamas' terrorist attack. We've all seen too much horror these last weeks. Kids being killed, pregnant women needing care, communities devastated. You don't need me to describe the horror because we're seeing it. Every night, every time we open social media, we all want it to stop. We need a humanitarian pause. But let me repeat what needs to happen, and what needs to happen now. First, all the hostages need to be released. We need much more aid going to the Palestinian people, and we need innocent civilians to be protected in Gaza and increasingly in the West Bank, including from extremist settlers. On the issue of Canadians and their families in Gaza, we are encouraged by the assurances that Minister Jolie received from Israel and from Egypt that Canadians and their families will be able to leave Gaza in the coming days. We will not stop until all Canadians are brought out to safety. We will continue to work with our partners in the region and elsewhere in the world, including here, of course, in the United States. Thank you for being here today.