Thank you for the question.
I think it's a little bit of both. It's not just the responsibility of Canada but the responsibility of the Arctic states, when the Arctic Council was created, to ensure that the permanent participants were meaningfully involved within the Arctic Council.
I would suggest that we would entertain having the ability for a few technical people. That's the extent of it. In regard to all of the research, the activities that are taking place within the Arctic Council, I can't go into each and every one of them because the magnitude and the scope of it has elevated so much in recent years due to increased attention, due to the mandate and the activities being undertaken within the respective states on the Arctic. But it would be good if we had a couple of technical people to assist us in ensuring we adequately covered these activities. I'm not suggesting that we would need a staff of 20 to 40 people; I'm just suggesting a few people to assist us in ensuring our views are considered within these activities.
I would also point out that the Inuit Circumpolar Council is much more active than others. Within the Arctic Council we're actually leading a couple of projects within one of the working groups under the Arctic Council. So it all depends on the capacity of the permanent participants as well.