Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have two questions on the Arctic.
First of all, leaving aside the great exercise you talked about for the Northwest Passage, this is simply a legal question. Which do you think is the stronger argument in the Arctic on the Northwest Passage, the Canadian one about enclosing the archipelago, or the European and American one about the strait between two international waters?
My second question is related to the Beaufort Sea. Do you think we should maintain our “sleeping dogs lie” on that issue? I'd prefer to sit down--and I think you vaguely referred to this--and have some discussions and come up with a solution.