Conservative projects will create real opportunities for northerners

The current government's promised funding years down the line won't do much for the North today.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The Conservative government committed to purchasing a new flagship icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard, though delivery of the vessel has been delayed. Photograph by Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP DAVID YURDIGA

May 17, 2017

Northern economic development poses unique challenges unlike those in any other region in Canada. The remoteness and the subsequently high cost of doing business demand carefully designed and well targeted investment. The Liberal government’s recently released budget claims to meet those demands, ...

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