“China has benefitted from the rules-based international order to grow and prosper, but it is now actively seeking to reinterpret these rules to gain greater advantage.” The Indo-Pacific, the strategy says, is a 40-nation region of the world containing six of Canada’s top trading partners.The deteriorating relations between Ottawa and Beijing went into hyperdrive with the 2018 arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as she transited through Vancouver.“We will engage in diplomacy … at the same time we’ll be firm.” Margaret McCuaig-Johnston is a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa and a member of the Canada U.S. Commission on China who has long advocated for an Indo-Pacific strategy.“Today, we welcome Canada’s announcement of its Indo-Pacific Strategy and look forward to continued engagement with Canada, one of the United States’s most important friends and allies, to advance our countries’ shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific region.” Meanwhile, Goldy Hyder, president of the Business Council of Canada, issued a release Sunday calling the new plan “useful.” “Canada’s business leaders have been calling for a comprehensive Indo-Pacific Strategy for several years,” Hyder said.“Now that the government has done so, it’s important to convert aspirations to actions and actions into accomplishments.” But Hyder said he wanted to see an “express commitment” from the government to provide liquefied natural gas to Canada’s allies in the region."