Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So when we started this term, Canadian sovereignty and Arctic security weren't on the tops of our list of priorities given that, you know, those are federal mandates; however, they've come to the forefront of discussions all across Canada and especially here in the Northwest Territories. And so a lot of the work that we have been doing actually feeds directly into the notions of sovereignty and security. By advocating for the Mackenzie Valley Highway and putting that infrastructure in place, that is increasing our sovereignty, assuring our security. And that was referenced by Minister Blair in interviews he's done subsequent to the announcement that investment in infrastructure in the North is an assertion of sovereignty. And so we put work into projects like the Mackenzie Valley Highway, like the Taltson Hydro Expansion. We've been putting work into critical minerals. I've been working with my colleagues, particularly the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on ensuring that our regulatory system is as efficient as it possibly can be. And, of course, critical minerals are important to Canada's security, Canada's sovereignty, and, you know, North American security ideally but given the current situation, we are focusing on Canada.

I've had a number of conversations with Minister Blair, the Minister of National Defense, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Joly, Minister Leblanc, all centered around this topic. So we have already been doing the work and we are putting together -- I don't want to say a strategy but we're putting together some guiding -- a guiding document perhaps on how we're going to move forward addressing these issues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.