Thanks for that.
I had my cabinet colleagues here with me this week. At various points during the week, it struck me that a lot of what we're advocating for is the very basics. I mentioned them earlier. They're the very basics. As I answered earlier, gravel roads would be a huge leap ahead for us. An adequate modern drinking water infrastructure for all communities in Nunavut—there are 25—would be a huge leap ahead.
There's a reason we're pushing so strongly or making sure there's this awareness. My concern is that the Arctic could be looked at as a blank canvas, or could be looked at simply in terms of borders and defence. You made a very good point in your preamble, that the Arctic is already secured. There are already Inuit living in the Arctic, as there have been for thousands of years and will be into the future. We need to recognize those terrible conditions that exist in many of our communities. We need to recognize that those conditions can be changed and that we can catch more than one ptarmigan with one bullet in terms of defence interests, community interests, human security, economic interests and economic development.