Mr. Chair, through you to Mr. Griffiths, I thank you for the presentation. It was most enjoyable hearing about it from the standpoint of your being a young man and going up there for the first time.
Quite apart from the point that your being a fire-breathing sovereigntist perhaps contributed to the opening of the Northwest Passage, I would like to focus on that. First of all, you mentioned that you had been a strong sovereigntist, but now you're not so much of one. What converted you from the strong sovereigntist point of view to one that's different at this point?