Certainly, we recognize that the security and defence of the Canadian Arctic call for effective international frameworks and international cooperation, as well as national defence and the capacity to use that defence.
Mr. Chair, I noted before, in response to a question, all the items that the Department of National Defence is currently working on in order to strengthen Canada's defence in the Arctic, and also that there's a commitment in the mandate letter to both the Minister of National Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to NORAD modernization. That's something we'll work with the United States on.
There are the things we are already doing, that are already being done, as well as the NORAD modernization, which is a commitment that the government has undertaken. We'll really work closely with the U.S., because the U.S. is our key partner there.