Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for coming.
You could respond to a couple of things, the first being the need for the federal government to consider a strategy that is coherent, rather than something on a sectoral or fragmented basis in dealing with the Arctic. It would seem to me it's something we should be very much focused on. There's also the fact that we need, particularly for Canada's internal waters in the Arctic, to pay close attention to having a marine authority in the Arctic to deal with these issues.
If my memory serves me correctly, there was a cruise ship--I think it was the Frontier, but I'm afraid I may have the wrong ship--that went north and sank. It was designed for the north, and it actually sank. There were 150 on board. Fortunately, there were other ships in the area, so no one perished. But there's the fact that just as we have vessels that tour the Caribbean or tour the Mediterranean, we have vessels that go north. And when there is a response.... I've been told that regardless of whether it's Canada or whoever, it would have taken up to 24 hours to respond. You're not likely to last more than three minutes in the water.
How would you respond to those kinds of issues in terms of a maritime authority, a coherent approach to dealing with this issue?