Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to the witnesses for being here today. I'm going to ask a plethora of questions. On some you may feel that you want to add to the record today, but there may be some questions that you're not interested in answering. They're questions I've asked other witnesses in the past.
One of the future implications of climate change is increased shipping in the Arctic as a cause for concern. As well, I know it's a minor issue right now, but in terms of increased cruise ship activity in the Arctic, what are the disadvantages? What are the advantages? I did hear from other witnesses that there's an increased level of risk, but I think many Canadians think, well, everything's just going to be easier now when the passage opens up.
On the amazing opportunities for people in the north with NORAD modernization, are there labour issues, people issues and skills issues? How do we make sure that Canadians in the north benefit from those incredible opportunities, from that Canadian investment? We've talked a lot about infrastructure, but we've only really talked about a gap in federal infrastructure. Whenever we talk about provincial and municipal, we seem to not talk about that as much with regard to the Arctic. We have a mayor here as a witness today, so I thought maybe we'd see whether the municipal and the provincial infrastructure is better than adequate or whether there's a gap there as well from those two orders of government.
That's pretty much all I have. I'll let you folks take us out.
Thank you.