Climate change is a huge issue. I'm not going to belabour the point, but there was a major opportunity during Canada's two-year chairmanship to make solid progress on short-lived climate forces.
Some of your previous witnesses have discussed this. However, the Arctic Council ministers will consider in May the option of whether to commit themselves to negotiate some sort of legally binding agreement among the Arctic states to reduce emissions of black carbon. It's an entirely open question, so it would be most helpful if you brought forward some recommendations on that.
Both of those recommendations I've made would ease and assist us and the Government of Canada in implementing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
Thank you.