Opportunity to advance Arctic infrastructure strategy in response to increased defence threats, say NDP MP, CSG senator
Arctic360 argues that Canada needs an Arctic infrastructure strategy to address issues facing northern communities related to telecommunications, energy, roads, ports and airports.
Ability to adapt to changing environment the best bet for Arctic defence
Security in the North counts for nothing though if these communities are not given every opportunity to live, work, and thrive.
The North needs less Ottawa
What the North needs is support to build essential infrastructure so it can achieve a greater degree of financial autonomy and create more economic opportunities for residents.
We need science in support of discovery and sovereignty in Canada’s Arctic
Canada must continue to invest and lead by showing the world not just what science is important in the Arctic, but also how science should be done.
Here’s how teachings from the First Nations of the North are leading the way
To lead the way towards true climate action, we need to bring ourselves back into a good relationship with the places where we live and where we are from.
Danielle Smith a political mayfly, not long for the job
The idea that a province in Confederation can decide which federal laws it will obey, and which ones it won’t, is absurd. Is it really a step forward to give Smith the right to order the national police force, the RCMP, not to enforce federal law?
Smith wants Alberta’s sovereignty
If Danielle Smith doesn’t like a federal law, she and her cabinet will simply toss it out. Sovereignty in a united Canada—sounds just like the separatists.
It’s time to do something about the notwithstanding clause
The issue of how to constrain, if not outright end, use of the notwithstanding clause should be on the agenda of upcoming meetings of federal, provincial and territorial ministers of justice. A parallel experts’ roundtable could be convened to review options for limiting and eventually revoking Sec. 33.
Feds should view Alberta Sovereignty Act as ‘a warning’ that needs careful ‘wait-and-see’ response, say strategists
The bill puts ‘lots on the page to be worried about’ but there’s no guarantee it ever ‘comes to pass,’ says political scientist Lori Turnbull, so the federal response may shape the ‘narrative’ around it.
The Notwithstanding Act: a proposal for reform
Whether the notwithstanding clause was necessary or wise was questionable from the beginning, but it was the price of reaching agreement on the Charter.
