Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses today.
I wanted to bring us back to focusing on the Arctic a little more here, given that is the topic we're supposed to be talking about.
Back in 2018—we already discussed this—China released its official Arctic paper, in which it declared itself a near-Arctic state. Most of the allies I have spoken to chuckled, but there are serious consequences to drawing that distinction. Within that document, China talks about the economic possibilities that the region offers, but it also talks about China developing military projection capabilities that would extend into the Arctic region.
Can you share the implications of China's Arctic policy on Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic?