Canada’s current approach to Arctic short-term in nature

These bills create a web of legislation that could negatively impact the future economic viability of the North without allowing for northerners to make those decisions for themselves.

When discussing marine shipping in the Arctic, the answer—as with most questions on the North—requires a whole of government approach, writes Conservative Senator Dennis Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DENNIS PATTERSON

February 25, 2019

When discussing marine shipping in the Arctic, the answer—as with most questions on the North—requires a whole-of-government approach. On April 30, 2018, a review of the 1972 Pilotage Act was submitted to the minister of transport as part of the Oceans Protection Plan (the last substantial chang...

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