Thank you, Chair.
We talk about our Arctic, and we talk about our defence parameters on the Atlantic side. What I'd like to hear from you are your comments about how Canada should also address our third frontier in the north Pacific. I'd like to hear how we should address our role with some of our biggest trading partners, such as China, Japan, and South Korea. At least South Korea and Japan are aligned with the United States. China is not, and China also has ambitions in the Arctic.
Given all of that, should we focus some of our defence investment on the entryway to our Arctic Ocean through the north Pacific?