Arctic security cannot exist without Inuit sovereignty
The government must stop creating barriers for Inuit and northerners to be active in our communities.
‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic
Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek on the Northwest Territories’ quest to get federal support to build the Mackenzie Valley Highway, which would connect southern roadways to the far North.
The Giant Mine project is yet another Liberal scandal: Conservative MP
The Giant Mine remediation boondoggle is a stark reminder of what happens when government prioritizes optics over accountability.
The North: different by design, essential by nature
Our governments are already moving together on the projects that matter most. But we cannot build them alone. The Northwest Territories and our Indigenous partners are ready. Now it’s Ottawa’s turn to match that readiness with firm, long-term commitments.
Feds risk missing deadline for reducing tuberculosis rates in Inuit communities
Tuberculosis rates remain high in Nunavik, despite a 2018 pledge to halve rates by 2025 and eradicate the disease by 2030. NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
Arctic deserves more than promises for improved security
While southern Canada debates the purchase of drones and submarines, the North still waits for basic investments in safety, predictability, and connectivity.
A new Arctic archipelagic defence concept will project Canada’s power in the North
Developing this concept would signal to both allies and adversaries that Canada no longer views its North as peripheral.
It’s time for Ottawa to fully fund NIHB program, say Northwest Territories and Nunavut health ministers
Nunavut Health Minister John Main and his Northwest Territories counterpart Lesa Semmler were in Ottawa to discuss viable funding for the federal Non-Insured Health Benefits program, and other changes to other programs funding services for Indigenous People.
Canada Part I: Interprovincial Trade & Labour
Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers
If Canada steps up now, we don’t just help individual scientists and express solidarity with them—we reaffirm our values as a country that believes in knowledge, equity, and the future of our shared planet.
