Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Perry, could you give us some thoughts on intentions, and then an idea of where Canada's role with NATO should lie in this conversation?

Foreign Affairs committee  Is that something that should change?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, to both of you, for a very compelling and informative presentation. There are many who have argued at this committee that Russia and China are not military threats in our Arctic. They do not justify concern in any way on our part, and therefore, we don't nee

Foreign Affairs committee  That's in the Arctic.

Foreign Affairs committee  Do perhaps American perceptions and Canadian perceptions differ in this area?

Foreign Affairs committee  Ms. Charron, could you give us your thoughts?

Foreign Affairs committee  Outstanding. Would you say that their capabilities—the enemy capabilities—have increased, while at the same time, perhaps our capabilities to address those increased capabilities have not kept pace?

Foreign Affairs committee  It will take everybody, and each—

Foreign Affairs committee  It's too big to tackle otherwise; is that fair?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I think this is a critically important conversation. I thank you for exploring it so thoroughly. You outlined that there is essentially a military, civil and economic imperative for us to focus on our north. I like your analogy of it being an emerging marke

Foreign Affairs committee  When we look at emerging markets, of course, we have a compelling economic focus of what the size and scope of that market is. Obviously, it's hard to make a similar argument if, in fact, we don't have the clear, concise and compelling economic scope of the conversation.

Foreign Affairs committee  If I might, because I only have three minutes, the next piece is that it can't just be the scope of the opportunity. It has to be the gaps, then, in terms of manpower, infrastructure, whatever other elements we need—situational awareness, technology, equipment—and then what the p

Foreign Affairs committee  Does it exist?

Foreign Affairs committee  We have the pieces of the puzzle.

Foreign Affairs committee  We don't have one compelling puzzle that defines the scope, the gaps in achieving that scope, and makes some recommendations around what the priorities are to—