Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to come back to the question of territorial sovereignty, which you referred to earlier.
We know that the United States will never recognize Canada's territorial sovereignty in the Arctic waters, because that would have an impact on China's claims in the China Sea.
In the circumstances, since our sovereignty in the Arctic waters will never be recognized diplomatically, we will have to base our sovereignty de facto on territorial occupation, will we not? I just want to make sure I have understood correctly.