Federal northern strategy: back to Diefenbaker or building for the future?

While the federal government's attentions to the Arctic may be genuine, it is eerily throwback in its focus.

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Harper visited Yellowknife this month at the opening of the Arctic Winter Games. It was his fifth trip to the North since becoming Prime Minister in 2006.

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