Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Kennedy and Mr. Nakimayak.
You probably know that the government hopes to increase its defence spending, perhaps even up to 5% of the gross domestic product. To achieve this, it wants to set up infrastructure for strategic critical minerals. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization wants to establish a list of critical minerals subject to a type of floor price. In short, all this requires investment in infrastructure for critical minerals. As you know, a significant portion of the valuable critical minerals are found in the north.
I would like to know whether the Inuit are participating in discussions with the government regarding both this infrastructure and certain strategic critical minerals mining projects.
You spoke earlier about foreign threats. I want to ask whether this whole situation involves new foreign threats that could, on some level, undermine respect for sovereignty in the Arctic.
I would like to hear your opinion on this matter, particularly regarding the strategic critical minerals situation.