Very good. Thank you.
Professor Sloan, your comments seemed to be a little more.... If we heard “macro” comments from Professor Lagassé, I'd characterize yours as perhaps more “micro” in the Arctic region. I think you gave a good description of some of the challenges faced by the Canadian Armed Forces in deploying troops to our north.
You mentioned cyberwarfare. You talked about perhaps the challenge in the north being with respect to accidents, oil and so on. But with I guess the evolving Russia, or maybe it's Russia going back to its historical roots, how do you see Russia interplaying with our interests in the north versus their interests in the north? They've taken what I will call some provocative steps in the past—dropping their flag on the north pole, questioning our shoreline. Even today NORAD apparently scrambled fighters out of Alaska to counter a Russian incursion into the border of American airspace.
What's the impact of Russia in terms of Canada's long-term planning in the north, do you think?