As the member has alluded to, there have been a series of missile tests. There has not yet been a nuclear test. There are deep concerns that it could be coming. Canada, along with its closest partners in the G7, plus others, have repeatedly called out the DPRK for its reckless use of missile testing, including, as you have mentioned, overnight over Japan.
I guess the best way, I would say, to answer your question is that there are a couple of things going on. One is obviously that, with the new administration in Seoul, with some fairly major ruptures to the international order in terms of what's happening in Europe and with behaviour that we've seen before from the regime in the DPRK, it's unfortunate but not.... I would say it's more than “unfortunate”. It's disturbing but not entirely surprising that North Korea is attention seeking and raising the cost of what could be, again, a pivot towards renewed negotiations.
While the risk to security, not least maritime security and the security of people in Japan, is of great concern and the Government of Canada will continue to call out the DPRK for that, we've also seen in the past real quick pivots between escalation on the part of the DPRK and, as we saw during the Trump administration in the U.S., seeking breakthroughs in negotiations.
DPRK analysts, of which I am not one, are following this very closely. In the meantime, all of this activity does allow the regime in the DPRK to learn from and improve its capacity, which is a great concern to Canada.