Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for the question. After a half an hour of question period we finally get a question with some content in it.
After 13 long, dark years, not just long, dark winters, we are finally acting. Canada has sovereign rights over our continental shelf and we are actively defending that claim.
Last month the minister visited our Arctic scientists in Nunavut. The work there is demonstrating our sovereignty to the nations around the world.
In Greenland today the minister is reaffirming Canada's Arctic commitment on the world stage.
Both of those things are critically important to the protection of our north and our sovereign control over the Arctic.
At home and abroad, our government is finally defending Canada's sovereignty.