Mr. Speaker, I want to share with Canadians how much respect and affection I have for the hon. parliamentary secretary, who, as a medical doctor, was the public health officer for Yukon during COVID. That is no small thing, and now he serves as a member of Parliament. The fact that I think he may have picked the wrong party does not really make any difference at this point.
We are in a common discussion, which happens too rarely in this country. We are an Arctic nation, but we mostly live in southern Canada. I sometimes say to people, knowing about Brazil, that the people of Brazil living in Rio know as much about the Amazon as the people of Canada living in Ottawa or Toronto know about the Arctic.
The challenges of Arctic sovereignty are challenges of national security. The challenges of losing permafrost are a threat to global survival. Keeping the Arctic cold is a global challenge.