Arctic security needs a Team Canada commitment
Diplomacy across the Arctic’s deepening strategic divide is now dangerously dormant, just as tensions rise and military operations scale up.
Keeping the true North strong and free requires ‘nation-building investment’ now, says Nunavut premier
By highlighting Canada’s vulnerability in the Arctic, U.S. President Donald Trump has created Canadian unity and an opportunity to lead in the North, says Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok.
Poilievre’s Arctic follies
Canada has the ability to rapidly deploy military personnel to Iqaluit, so what could possibly be gained through having troops stationed there permanently?
‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Donald Trump’s ’51st state’ pitch for Canada as ‘incredibly insulting’ and an ‘assault on our democratic institutions and our sovereignty.’
Indigenous innovation in education works for all of us
Supporting a transformed system will advance reconciliation and place education—once the instrument of assimilation—at the centre of Indigenous-led efforts to revitalize language and culture.
Canada must secure its undersea lifelines
A single attack on Canada’s cable infrastructure could disrupt global financial markets, sever communication with allies, and compromise military operations.
The River-class frigates cannot be the ‘be-all, end-all’ of Canada’s sea domain
An overrelliance will lead to logistical constraints that will significantly diminish the Navy’s combat power and combat-readiness.
The great thaw: Canada must lead climate change battle in a time of disappearing ice and snow
It is now time for Canadians to prepare for ‘cryospheric destruction’ and it is going to be a distressing experience. We must prepare for earlier, smaller, and less reliable snowmelt and, hence, less reliable river flows and lake levels that supply drinking water, irrigation water, hydropower, and cold-loving fish such as trout and salmon.
Can Canada actually defend the Arctic?
The Navy’s commander thinks we could stop Russia or China from transiting through the Northwest Passage without official permission
The North Policy Briefing
