Can you tell me what efforts have been made so far by your department and by the new minister in charge to engage the other countries that are part of the Arctic Council? A chairperson and a chairman must, of course, represent the group that is in front of them. I noticed such a difference in the briefing notes we received from DFAIT on the draft conference statement for the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, in which many of the major items were virtually rejected by DFAIT and this government.
Where is the consultation that has taken place between this government and the other Arctic nations in terms of the development of this agenda?