Thank you. I too will be speaking in French.
The committee has been studying the issue of the Northwest Passage for some time now and, as you must surely know, the commercial sector is beginning to show an interest in this waterway. At some point, industry will be ready to increase its usage of the Northwest Passage and perhaps to invest in northern Nunavut.
My question is simple. It concerns the current situation which is likely to change at a dramatic pace. Is Nunavut ready, and are the Inuit people ready to welcome this new reality and the changes that are likely to happen quickly?