This is really interesting because the Pacific side of Canada is probably where we have one of our biggest intellectual gaps, in the sense that we rarely pay attention to it. It's rare that you will find in defence documents or white papers a real concern about this. Considering what you said, and I fully agree with you, Canadian interests in the Pacific are growing. Sooner or later, but I think it's going to be sooner, we have to pay attention and have to develop a strategy regarding it. For now, the Arctic receives much more attention than the Pacific, but in the current situation, the Pacific is more important for Canada.
On April 29th, 2014. See this statement in context.