I think the training centre is a good example of a strong success story. They're budgeted at $62 million, delivered for $25 million, by partnering with the polar continental shelf project, not only enabling training but also setting up infrastructure that's civilian and military, dual purpose, that can be used as a forward-operating base if that very unlikely scenario presents itself where we need to deploy to the region and sustain operations for a significant period of time. In my mind, it is a great success story.
There are modest amounts of training that are going on at the centre to date. Certainly there are opportunities to augment that, but they have to fit, of course, with Canada's global priorities and what we're choosing to do in the coming years with our forces. Is our primary focus going to be on preparing for Arctic operations? Or are we going to find ourselves dragged into other parts of the world like Ukraine? As I said before, it's an operation that I certainly support, recognizing that we can do more for defending the Canadian north and the rest of Canada—North American defence—by going out beyond our borders than adopting a “fortress Canada” mentality and looking within as though we need to be standing ready on guard in the farthest reaches of our Arctic.
I think we're training, and the training that's going on there not only serves to develop Arctic capabilities, as Rob said, it's also a great training opportunity to build small unit cohesion, esprit de corps, and individual capabilities for Canadians to be able to go abroad and use that training to great effect for our country.