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Defence Minister David McGuinty should consider developing a comprehensive Arctic archipelagic defence concept that would shift attention towards Canada’s land domain, writes Andrew Erskine. Ottawa has already invested heavily in its air and maritime capabilities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Canada attracts some of the strongest Arctic scientists from around the world, and has science infrastructure and assets including the Amundsen science icebreaker, writes Jackie Dawson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Canada attracts some of the strongest Arctic scientists from around the world, and has science infrastructure and assets including the Amundsen science icebreaker, writes Jackie Dawson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON | April 16, 2025
U.S. Coast Guards in the Arctic. The Arctic needs better critical infrastructure for both military and civilian use, including deep seaports, roads, and runways, writes CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON | April 16, 2025
Opinion | BY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON | April 16, 2025
U.S. Coast Guards in the Arctic. The Arctic needs better critical infrastructure for both military and civilian use, including deep seaports, roads, and runways, writes CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY PETER RAUTENBACH | March 13, 2025
Victoria-class Submarine
Projecting a significant Arctic presence is important due to the rapid expansion of Russian Arctic military bases, writes Peter Rautenbach. Department of National Defence photograph by Kenneth Galbraith
Opinion | BY PETER RAUTENBACH | March 13, 2025
Opinion | BY PETER RAUTENBACH | March 13, 2025
Victoria-class Submarine
Projecting a significant Arctic presence is important due to the rapid expansion of Russian Arctic military bases, writes Peter Rautenbach. Department of National Defence photograph by Kenneth Galbraith
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 12, 2025
Our Arctic contains untold stores of minerals, oil, and gas, and holds a coveted shortcut across the top of the world, writes Andrew Caddell. DND photograph by Master Corporal Alana Morin
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 12, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 12, 2025
Our Arctic contains untold stores of minerals, oil, and gas, and holds a coveted shortcut across the top of the world, writes Andrew Caddell. DND photograph by Master Corporal Alana Morin
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR | February 26, 2025
Snowmobiles light the drop zone before a Canadian Armed Forces battalion parachute drop near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. DND photograph by Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR | February 26, 2025
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR | February 26, 2025
Snowmobiles light the drop zone before a Canadian Armed Forces battalion parachute drop near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. DND photograph by Louis Brunet
Canada’s space sector is overseen by antiquated regulations and an equally out-of-step law called the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, also known as the RSSSA, writes Conservative Sen. Dennis Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Canada’s space sector is overseen by antiquated regulations and an equally out-of-step law called the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, also known as the RSSSA, writes Conservative Sen. Dennis Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | November 7, 2018
A winter ice road to the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines. Photograph courtesy of the Mining Association of Canada
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | November 7, 2018
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | November 7, 2018
A winter ice road to the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines. Photograph courtesy of the Mining Association of Canada
Opinion | BY JENNIFER SPENCE | October 31, 2018
The Dempster Highway is pictured crossing the Richardson Mountains in the Yukon. The federal government is well positioned to bring together all levels of governments, the private sector, experts, and interest groups to establish a vision for infrastructure development in the North, says Jennifer Spence. Photograph courtesy of PierreWiki
Opinion | BY JENNIFER SPENCE | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER SPENCE | October 31, 2018
The Dempster Highway is pictured crossing the Richardson Mountains in the Yukon. The federal government is well positioned to bring together all levels of governments, the private sector, experts, and interest groups to establish a vision for infrastructure development in the North, says Jennifer Spence. Photograph courtesy of PierreWiki
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | October 31, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced in November, along with her cabinet colleagues, that a new Arctic Policy Framework would guide the federal government’s northern priorities until 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | October 31, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced in November, along with her cabinet colleagues, that a new Arctic Policy Framework would guide the federal government’s northern priorities until 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Members of the Senate’s Special Arctic Committee, chaired by Dennis Patterson, right, pictured with deputy chair Patricia Bovey, middle, went on a fact-finding mission in the North in September to hear from people on the ground. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada
Members of the Senate’s Special Arctic Committee, chaired by Dennis Patterson, right, pictured with deputy chair Patricia Bovey, middle, went on a fact-finding mission in the North in September to hear from people on the ground. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | October 31, 2018
Yellowknife is home to these transmission towers at the Northwest Territories Power Corporation power plant. Twenty-five of the N.W.T.’s 33 communities currently get their power from diesel generation stations. Clean electricity would result in a major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, says Liberal MP Michael McLeod. Photograph courtesy of WinterCity296
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | October 31, 2018
Yellowknife is home to these transmission towers at the Northwest Territories Power Corporation power plant. Twenty-five of the N.W.T.’s 33 communities currently get their power from diesel generation stations. Clean electricity would result in a major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, says Liberal MP Michael McLeod. Photograph courtesy of WinterCity296
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed is pictured at a first ministers' meeting in December 2016. Mr. Obed says he and Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc have pledged to set a new course on Nutrition North's redesign. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 31, 2018
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed is pictured at a first ministers' meeting in December 2016. Mr. Obed says he and Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc have pledged to set a new course on Nutrition North's redesign. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY LEAH BRAITHWAITE, LOUIS FORTIER | October 31, 2018
The trans-sectoral ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, pictured, have helped to revitalize Canada’s lacklustre research effort in the North by defragmenting the academic research community and partnering it with Inuit and the private and public sectors, say ArcticNet's Leah Braithwaite and Louis Fortier. Photograph courtesy of Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY LEAH BRAITHWAITE, LOUIS FORTIER | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LEAH BRAITHWAITE, LOUIS FORTIER | October 31, 2018
The trans-sectoral ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, pictured, have helped to revitalize Canada’s lacklustre research effort in the North by defragmenting the academic research community and partnering it with Inuit and the private and public sectors, say ArcticNet's Leah Braithwaite and Louis Fortier. Photograph courtesy of Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT MP HUNTER TOOTOO | October 31, 2018
Air Nunavut is a registered Inuit firm. In May 2015, the federal government was ordered by the courts to have procurement policies in place to support Inuit-owned businesses by July 31, 2016. Canadians are still waiting, writes Independent MP Hunter Tootoo. Photograph courtesy of CambridgeBayWeather
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT MP HUNTER TOOTOO | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT MP HUNTER TOOTOO | October 31, 2018
Air Nunavut is a registered Inuit firm. In May 2015, the federal government was ordered by the courts to have procurement policies in place to support Inuit-owned businesses by July 31, 2016. Canadians are still waiting, writes Independent MP Hunter Tootoo. Photograph courtesy of CambridgeBayWeather
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YVONNE JONES | October 31, 2018
The government has put $52-million toward 350 projects in northern and Indigenous communities for things like assessing the impacts of glacial melt. Photograph courtesy of Christopher Michel
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YVONNE JONES | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YVONNE JONES | October 31, 2018
The government has put $52-million toward 350 projects in northern and Indigenous communities for things like assessing the impacts of glacial melt. Photograph courtesy of Christopher Michel
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL | October 31, 2018
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured earlier this month, recently announced a joint funding collaboration with the Yukon government to support three Indigenous women's organizations with skills training. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL | October 31, 2018
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured earlier this month, recently announced a joint funding collaboration with the Yukon government to support three Indigenous women's organizations with skills training. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SENATOR PATRICIA BOVEY | October 31, 2018
The Winnipeg-Churchill train is seen at the Churchill railway station in 1997. The train, a vital supply link to the North, hasn’t run for more than a year due to flood damage. Photograph courtesy of Peter Van den Bossche
Opinion | BY SENATOR PATRICIA BOVEY | October 31, 2018
Opinion | BY SENATOR PATRICIA BOVEY | October 31, 2018
The Winnipeg-Churchill train is seen at the Churchill railway station in 1997. The train, a vital supply link to the North, hasn’t run for more than a year due to flood damage. Photograph courtesy of Peter Van den Bossche