Foreign Affairs committee  Come and visit.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we all have a concern about the flights where, at the moment, because of the costs, certain people would find it easier to go back to Copenhagen and come back than actually deal with these new routes. We have to deal with that. I think we can deal with it also in terms of ways to support, whether it be sports teams or music groups, youth exchanges—there is actually an agreement between Denmark and Canada—and youth mobility.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. That was one of the first calls I made. Before I presented my credentials, I spoke to some of the northern senators, obviously premiers, and the heads of national indigenous organizations, such as Natan. We want to know what their view is on Inuit mobility, which is a really important thing.

Foreign Affairs committee  These feelings haven't been conveyed to me. Maybe we should let the public servant say what it feels like.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks for that. We're at 50% women ambassadors, actually, or heads of missions, so we're pretty excited by that. In terms of what we've been trying to do in Denmark, we have set up four meetings on Arctic perspectives. We were pleased at the one we held last month. Natan Obed was one of the panellists, as was Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, who chairs the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation as the chair in reconciliation at Lakehead University.

Foreign Affairs committee  You're asking almost the same question as Mr. Hoback. I think that it's about wisdom and an understanding of Arctic issues and the collaboration between the two countries. The Prime Minister must also appoint people such as Tom Clark or John Horgan. Members of Parliament aren't necessarily the only ones appointed.

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think we learned a lot in the meeting when we were in Nuuk with Major-General Søren Andersen about the kinds of exercises that we're taking together and about that plan, as the Arctic and northern policy framework really articulated. I think you're quite right, Hedy.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I think there are many Canadian municipalities that go to Copenhagen to actually learn how you can mitigate climate change and how citizens and municipalities can be part of the tools that need to be there to combat climate change and mitigate it. It's interesting that even Copenhagen is planning to build an island that will protect the harbour and all of the canals, just knowing and preparing for what we all hope won't happen, in terms of the rising sea levels.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  It is part of their identity now, particularly when it comes to whether nine out of 10 people have a bicycle, whether they're to get people out of their cars or whether they're able to use some of the things like wind power as opposed to diesel. It was interesting that the port on the most western part of Denmark was a fishing community, then an oil drilling community, and now it's doing windmills.

Foreign Affairs committee  As we look to their chairmanship of the Arctic Council, we want to be able to support them. We want them to also understand that in that kingdom, Greenland and the Faroe Islands as well as Denmark are separate countries, and that they are in the kingdom and in the realm. I think we will see a need to support them.

Foreign Affairs committee  No.

Foreign Affairs committee  Not that I'm aware of. I know that Dr. Kendall and I go back a long time, from the time that I was the minister of public health. He has been a leader in setting up the public health network, and I very much respect the work that he's done. I think Dr. Fry really knows a lot, probably more than I do, about the work they have been doing, but I don't think it's relevant to my job now.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I think that's already—