Thank you very much for that, Minister Blair.
Back home in Nova Scotia, folks are very proud of our Arctic offshore patrol ships. When the Margaret Brooke was touring the Arctic, everybody—me included—was bursting with pride.
There's a growing interest in this region in Canada's north. It's no secret that since the start of Russia's unprovoked war in Ukraine, there's even more interest.
Can you speak to some of the investments that we're making to promote and defend our Arctic sovereignty, and what we're doing in partnership with our allies in the north?