As we move to the Arctic, we plan the annual season. It's a very short navigation season from mid-July to mid-October. The coast guard goes in to break ice, to help resupply the communities and to patrol the corridors and do a lot of science. The navy goes in to support constabulary affairs in the north. We support the whole-of-government exercise in Nanook. We monitor the shipping of the north. We share the ice plot with the coast guard. We collaborate on community visits. In an amazing demonstration of intergovernmental capacity the coast guard, the navy, the ice service, the hydrographic service, and Parks Canada worked together to discover the Franklin lost ship, HMS Erebusand we will go back to rediscover the next ship. Why do we do it? It leads us to demonstrate Canadian technology. It helps us survey the channels of the central Arctic. And we're doing it as a team.
On February 25th, 2015. See this statement in context.