Anita Anand: “Protecting our democracy is of the utmost importance to our country.”

The tide does not wait; you must move with it," Anand used an analogy that she said comes from her roots in rural Nova Scotia.

So the United States is very much at the table in this conversation.

So while Canada has Operation Reassurance on the Eastern flank, we cannot forget that NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, should have a view that is based on a strategic assessment of the North and the Arctic, in order to ensure…

We will lead other middle powers to act collectively and decisively, because middle powers are playing a key role in building the framework for the new international order — which is being established as we speak," Anand said.