Thank you, Mr. Patry.
What will happen after the Canadian file is submitted to the commission? It will be reviewed by experts, as was the case for the Russians' file. We will probably have to wait a year or two. I believe it should go quite quickly, but the real test will be when the Americans are going to decide. They'll do it eventually, they'll join the convention, but, until we have all the documents in hand, that is to say until all the national files have been submitted, validated and compared, it will all remain a theoretical exercise.
Second, if I had any advice to give you committee members as to what should be studied in the Arctic, I would suggest that you really focus on concrete problems. Perhaps you should set aside the sovereignty issue, even though it is very “sexy” for journalists. That's what appeals to them the most. Instead you should focus your efforts on how the government can provide services to the communities there and occupy the land. I'm talking about environmental threats, search and rescue operations, scientific operations. Really you should look at how the government can show its presence in the field, and thus focus on problems that are of a more technical nature.