We have a bit of a different episode this time. Last week, during International Development Week, I hosted a Symposium in Parliament to explore the relationship between international development and geopolitical competition. Each speaker had 10 minutes to speak and take questions. We recorded the whole event, for your listening pleasure.

The panel of distinguished speakers was:

1. Chinelo Agom-Eze, Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Foodgrains Bank,

2. Andrii Bukvych, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine,

3. Luke De Pulford, Executive Director, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China,

4. Charles Burton, Senior Fellow, MacDonald-Laurier Institute,

5. Harry Tseng, Ambassador, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Canada),

6. Idee Inyangudor, Vice-President, Wellington Advocacy,

7. Susan Namulindwa, Founder & Executive Director, Africa Trade Desk,

8. Zaw Kyaw, Spokesperson, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and

9, Ali Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations, National Resistance Front of Afganistan.