New Senate Arctic committee to support Canada’s North

Parliament has never before had a committee dedicated to studying the Arctic, a region garnering increasing global attention.
A family shops for food in the North. In Nunavut, the cost of living continues to be sky-high, writes the territory’s Senator, Conservative Dennis Patterson.
Canada needs a clear plan to develop and strengthen our Arctic. Senators are helping to provide one. Canada is one of just eight countries with Arctic territory, which is greatly increasing in strategic importance as melting sea ice opens up new commercial shipping opportunities. Despite this, Pa...

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