I think the greatest threat is just knowing what is happening in Canada's ocean areas of interest. Our ocean areas of interest are not defined by territorial seas or economic exclusion zones or even the enlarged shelf, it is the sea lanes that approach from everywhere around the world. The global economy floats on salt water. It is actually a truism that everything we buy and sell, resources, are marketed across the sea.
Having an understanding of those massive volumes of ship movements in the North Atlantic in particular is of great importance to me. These are the same vectors by which terrorism could penetrate our country if we don't monitor and track the shipping and understand the shipping intent. But also by following the shipping and understanding the movement and trends we can see what is going to happen in the Arctic and we can understand the intent of foreign national interests in science, energy exploitation, and even things like tourism.