Mr. Chair, I am glad the member opposite raised a very important topic when it comes to our Arctic sovereignty.
This is something we looked at very closely when we did our defence policy consultations, along with what is going to be needed to be strong in Canada and to work with our closest partner, the U.S. This is one of the reasons we made sure that the entire defence policy is now fully funded. This now allows us, when it comes to our naval shipbuilding strategy, to purchase five offshore patrol ships, plus we are now able to purchase a sixth one as well. Just last year the government announced that the Coast Guard will also be getting an additional ship. We have put three additional satellites up that will operate in the north Nanisivik refuelling station.
When it comes to looking at further aspects of the north warning system, work is being done on this. However, we are going to be looking at threats not only from all the way up in the air, but also from space, surface water and underwater.