This is John Batchel, speaking with colleague Conrad Black, writing for the National Post,

about the new Carney government, the cabinet named.

And what is to be done?

Mr. Carney during the campaign said he was committing himself to building four bases in the Canadian Arctic

to protect the treasures and the sea lanes, and to build new ships, icebreakers

for those sea lanes that are opening. However, Conrad has questions, doubts, hesitations.

He's heard this before. Here's Conrad. Much more of this tonight. Yes, well, we've heard it all

before from his predecessors, though, you know.

I mean, Brian Melrooney was going to build 10 nuclear submarines.

Stephen Harper was going to build the world's greatest icebreaker.

I mean, none of this happened, you know.

So it sounds good.

I just hope it happens.