Foreign Affairs committee  Just let her jump in, if you would.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Mr. Higginbotham.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much to all of you. I think you've made very compelling cases for how our sovereignty may be under threat in the Arctic. I'd like to ask each one of you what the consequence is, from your perspective, of Canada not being able to maintain its sovereignty. We have a

Foreign Affairs committee  So what? So what if we lose the ability to control those waters and the shipping in them?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Ms. Conley.

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay.

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay, and on the consequences of not maintaining our sovereignty, is our case weakened by the fact that we haven't established our responsibilities in the Arctic? Would our negligence in maintaining our responsibilities in the Arctic undermine our ability to claim it as internal

Foreign Affairs committee  Most recently, a Russian icebreaker helped, I believe, a Danish vessel to make that sort of first Asia-Eurasia transit route. Did they ask permission, to the best of your knowledge, or is that the beginning of when they didn't ask permission and could that be viewed as setting a

Foreign Affairs committee  That's primarily what I'm asking. Did the U.S. challenge Russia's making those internal waters, and could that be a precedent for us in our case of protecting the Northwest Passage as internal waters?

Foreign Affairs committee  I understand that we have anecdotal evidence that there have been Russian submarines in our waters in the Arctic. Does the fact that we haven't challenged them, per se, undermine our case? What are the consequences of not being able to maintain our sovereignty over our Northwest

Foreign Affairs committee  That's frightening.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for an incredibly informative presentation, both of you. I think the first question I would like to ask is for those of us who don't know the answer. Is there one Northwest Passage or are there multiple northwest passages? Are they all within what could be de

Foreign Affairs committee  Just help me out with the first thing, the top three. We're going to make a recommendation. What do we have to do first?

Foreign Affairs committee  Perfect. I'd like to turn it over to my colleague.