Welcome. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we continue our study on Canada's Arctic foreign policy.
We have from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, David Burden, who is the acting regional director general of central and Arctic region, and we have Renée Sauvé, who is the director of global marine and northern affairs, international affairs directorate. Welcome to both of you.
Renée, welcome back again.
We look forward to your opening testimony, and then we'll go from there.
Mr. Burden, we'll turn it over to you, sir.