Northern projects waiting on the feds

Canada's government has yet to move on two major opportunities to boost territorial economies.

The Inuvik Satellite Ground Station has attracted the attention of clients around the world.Photograph courtesy of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wikimedia commons

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DENNIS PATTERSON

May 17, 2017

On Feb. 10, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told hundreds of people attending a town hall in Yellowknife that "[The federal government has]...closed one door of potential economic opportunity. We need to work together to ensure that we are opening many more doors of economic opportunity." That statem...

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