Mr. Chair, I will change gears here a bit.
Yesterday Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Moiseev, who is head of the Russian northern fleet, said in the Daily Mail, “In the near future, we should expect a further increase in the military presence of the combined armed forces and, as a result, an increase in the likelihood of conflict,” and that Russia “considers building up its military potential in the Arctic zone as a necessary measure to counter possible threats and create favourable conditions for protecting national interests.”
Our adversaries are definitely challenging our sovereignty in the Arctic. It is more disturbing now than ever before, and we need to make sure that there is a plan to defend our Arctic. First and foremost, one of the things we have to do in defending the Arctic, Canada and North America, is the north warning system. Does the minister have plans to upgrade and replace the current detection system that we have in the Arctic?