I would also argue, however, that you can have a policy that makes broad strokes. We believe in the people in the north, we believe in sustainable development, and we believe in our sovereignty. I'm talking about a specific kind of strategy that would lay out—I don't know, but we're talking about today's version of “roads to resources”—how this northern economy can fit into Canada's foreign policy and its role in the world. Maybe we can go back to the tripartite approach that I was talking about, but I think we need to go deeper into thinking about, in that specific area, how we can better think about incorporating the north of Canada into the larger economic goals that the country has.
On October 24th, 2018. See this statement in context.