Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank both of the witnesses. I'm going to try to get to both of you in my time, but I'm going to start with Ms. Exner-Pirot.
Your third recommendation talked about the Arctic Council becoming an A7 going forward. You talk about the status of it currently being on pause as the reason that we must evolve.
I would be curious to hear your perspective on how that plays out in the element of what I understand on the Arctic Council to be the indigenous permanent participants process, where there are a number of organizations and entities that are represented there, and they don't have any kind of legal standing, but they are able to have significant input. Some of those organizations include representation from Russia as well, if I look at the history of that.
In the context of the Arctic Council becoming an A7 going forward, how does that translate through to the indigenous permanent participant process in that council in your opinion, please?