If I were in Europe, especially in the Baltic states, I'd be far more concerned about a Russian invasion than I would be in North America.
I think that Russia's primary objective—Vladimir Putin's primary objective—is to expand the availability of resources. They have already been engaging in research in the Arctic and have been increasing their claims of the resources underneath the Arctic sea for the past decade. They have a very clear aim.
This still represents a challenge to Canada's own claims and claims of other Arctic nations in that region, including Norway and Denmark. I think that we need to be concerned. We've seen Vladimir Putin's escalation. We saw it already on the border with Ukraine earlier this summer. We've seen his appetite for conflict over and over again.
I don't think that we can rule out any sort of potential conflict in the Arctic region. If there were a conflict, it would probably be limited more to the European area, but again, we cannot rule out a conflict that would draw us into that, and I don't think that Canada is prepared. I think that Professor Charron can speak more directly to that. I don't think that we are prepared for any sort of serious conflict in the Arctic, and this is something that clearly Vladimir Putin has spent the past number of years building up to.