There's an expression in French:
“Charity begins at home.”
In other words, you start by worrying about your own backyard.
I think the Arctic is an area of considerable concern. The Russians have spent hundreds of millions of rubles reinvigorating Cold War bases, and I think it would be to the general advantage of the alliance, not only Canada, if we got the alliance to focus a little more on northern defences. That would be a contribution to world security, I think, because it's an area where there is going to be a great deal of development over the course of the coming decades because of the northern route opening up.
Canada's contribution could be, diplomatically, to convince NATO to spend more time worrying about Canada's north as opposed to Norway's north. There's nothing wrong with worrying about Norway's north.
That would be one concrete example. I think that alone would help stabilize that part of the world. I would just mention in passing that China has just declared itself a near Arctic power. I have trouble with the concept, but it does mean that we should be prepared, along with our NATO—