We have to move beyond the simple visits of NATO squadrons to come across and go all the way up to Montreal, do exercises just outside Halifax, and then move south to off Norfolk. We have to make it more visible that we are a member of that organization. As for the north, as the ambassador has said, for a long time Canada would tell NATO that it is none of their business, that the north is not part of their worries. It should be.
On February 15th, 2018. See this statement in context.