I'll be candid. I do believe there is a risk that we'll take for granted the extraordinary defence collaboration between the United States and Canada. I believe that we need to continue to highlight the value to both nations of this collaboration. Each nation is sovereign. Each nation is going to make its own decisions in terms of what it needs in order to secure its own nation. But the value going forward now is going to grow of this collaboration in the Arctic, in the other examples I've provided today that we've discussed. We need more collaboration, not less, and more attention to these opportunities for defence support to civil authorities going forward.
On May 6th, 2014. See this statement in context.