Welcome, gentlemen.
Mr. Granatstein, you talked some on the long history of security with the United States. As we discussed a few years ago, it's epitomized by the monument on the walls of Quebec City with Roosevelt and Churchill. Unfortunately, for some reason, we'll celebrate the other leaders who were participating in it, but not our own Canadian Prime Minister, who was left out.
My question is on the Northwest Passage and the American position on it versus, say, the Russian position. The Russians agree that it's Canadian territory. The Americans feel it should be an international waterway. On a point of strategic security, would it not be better for them to conclude that it is indeed under Canada's sovereign jurisdiction and is not international? Quite frankly, if it is considered an international waterway, does that not leave it open to be used by any other? That's when it's in its liquid state. What about when it's in its frozen state? Can they drive on it too?