Now that we've come out of Afghanistan, for as long as we are not being used in a combat role—and we will be ready if the government needs us in any way to defend Canadian interests—we have an opportunity to focus on some of the other things that are deeply entrenched in the Canada First defence strategy: to look more closely at the Arctic; to open up a port at Nanisivik; to open up our Arctic training centre in Resolute Bay; to work on unmanned aerial vehicles; to work on intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance; and, as we spoke of before, to bring that into the regular operations of the army, navy, and air force to focus on joint capabilities.
On November 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.