Mr. Chair, with your permission, in light of that technical problem, I will repeat my question.
Mr. Minister, we were talking about national security. I was just saying that, earlier, you told us about the new polar silk road. We have noticed that a Chinese company, Shandong Gold Mining Corporation Ltd., is showing a lot of interest in the Hope Bay gold mine in western Nunavut.
As we know, and as we stated in last week's debate, Chinese companies are required to communicate information to the government of the People's Republic of China.
Do you see this Chinese company's interest in that mine in Canada's north as a commercial or a geostrategic interest?