I want to come back to the discussion of having an armed coast guard and how it relates to coast guards in other jurisdictions. As we all know, Alaska, for example, does not have any navy at all; it is strictly coast guard up there. Do they have armaments on their coast guard vessels? How does it relate to coast guard surveillance that the U.S. is running alongside us in the Great Lakes and down the St. Lawrence? How does it compare with coast guard operations in Europe? Do they offer armed coast guards as well, or is it just mainly policing and search and rescue capability?
On March 25th, 2014. See this statement in context.