I think one of the things we need to do is think about sovereignty in a more nuanced way. One of the biggest deterrents to Russia is having communities in the Arctic that are healthy and that see themselves staying in the region because there are employment opportunities.
We don't want to think about the Arctic as solely a battle space, but recognize that it is part and parcel of Canada and that there are infrastructure challenges that face not only the military but also the civilians there. As we are talking about indigenous homelands, we need to have them as part of this conversation.
With regard to Russia's claim of the underwater continental shelf out to our exclusive economic zone, the one thing I would be careful of is becoming too alarmist. Russia wants us to walk away from and abandon the UN processes because they reinforce the rules-based order that we thrive under. It's fully within their right to submit whatever data they want to, but there is a process.
We need to make sure that we continue to respect that process and follow it, and not abandon it just because we think that Russia will not hold true to its obligations, because then they have won. That is exactly what I'm talking about. Deterrence by denial does not allow them to dictate our actions.