Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Well, Mr. Goldring took this right in the direction I wanted to go in, and that is the Arctic and Canada's relationship with the U.S.
I just have to say that I appreciate the comments from both of you regarding the mouse and the elephant metaphor. It's perhaps over-utilized, and it's time we grew past it, so I appreciate your remarks related to that.
As for the relationship in the Arctic and stewardship, I appreciate the way you framed that, Mr. Hampson. We're making great efforts, at least in trying to move in that direction with the permanent scientific research centre up there and with creating a facility for vessels to patrol up there and so on. We certainly think we have to make our presence felt in the north, and it's really past time for that—but not too late, hopefully. You can't go back, so we have to move forward.
Do you have any other suggestions, other than getting on with the job and fulfilling what we've already laid out in our direction, as to how to make better use of our presence in the Arctic? We're increasing the number of Canadian rangers up there and our presence up there, training more soldiers and trying to get more facilities in the Arctic. Do you have any other suggestions on how we can improve our utilization of the north and move ahead our own agenda up there?