Yes. I will conclude.
As mayor, I was offered free trips to China. I saw other Canadian leaders, business people, indigenous and municipal leaders, take those free trips. I'm concerned about their independence and the implications of foreign investment, especially in critical infrastructure and critical mines.
There remains fundamental risk to Canada's Arctic security due to government policies, funding programs and inadequate investments, often made by transient or distant bureaucracy, that put our national security at risk even at the local level.
We must do better. We need Canada to invest and seek to develop an Arctic strategy that attracts Canadian private sector and pension funds investment to redirect the billions of dollars that are invested in China into our north. We are a good investment.