The pro side is that it enables us to integrate, to be interoperable and to have a centralized command and control system to deal with threats to the Arctic.
The con side specifically is that NATO's interest in the Arctic is not Canada's interest in the Arctic. To put it in blunt terms, NATO's interest in the Arctic is that the Arctic and the Arctic approaches down the North Atlantic are the back door to NATO. They're interested in one set of problems emerging for NATO security or European security. We have other interests and other problems related to North America. That's the difficulty.
The second element of the downside of this is that it now creates an image. If you think about the meeting of the Arctic 7, the NATO allies chiefs of staff meeting, this implies that North America and NATO are integrating together and that as a result of this we will use this as an avenue to threaten Russia. It is politically and diplomatically problematic, in my view.