Does the Investment Canada Act give you the capacity to deny approval on this transaction, based on negative impact to national sovereignty? If in fact the sale of this provides to Americans--who may from time to time be in conflict with Canada on an issue of Arctic sovereignty--the tools that can be ultimately used against Canadian interests, it would effectively give the Americans a Canadian taxpayer-funded vehicle to use against Canadian interests.
So, Minister, under the Investment Canada Act, do you currently have the power to consider national interests in the context of Arctic sovereignty?