Thank you for the question.
Rather than focusing on what assets we need to provide security for ourselves and for our allies.... We do hear loud and clear when travelling the world and meeting with out counterparts how important Canada is. The Arctic is certainly of great interest to our partners, whether that be the United States or our partners in Europe or in the north Pacific. This is Canada's backyard. We should have capacity to be an important actor in that part of the world in supporting our allies.
We do think it's important at this time, especially as many of our peers and allies increase defence spending and make more serious commitments for the long term, that Canada do the same to provide support for our naval and air force capacity.