International interest in the Arctic continues to heat up, is Canada ready?

The Northwest Territories knows and understands the Arctic and the stakes better than most. We are ideally placed to help Canada strengthen its position in the Arctic and are eager to work with willing partners nationally to develop a visionary, long-term plan to turn our northern ambitions into a global reality.

Canada needs to know the North, not just know about it. As a northern nation, Canada should make it a priority to ensure that more of its citizens have an opportunity to experience and know the North first hand, writes N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY N.W.T. PREMIER BOB MCLEOD

June 10, 2019

The Arctic has always been an important symbol for Canada, a geographic statement of our place and status in the world as a northern power. Unfortunately, Canada’s interest in and attention to the Arctic has often been just symbolic. Generations of Canadians and their governments have grown used ...

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