We need science in support of discovery and sovereignty in Canada’s Arctic

Canada must continue to invest and lead by showing the world not just what science is important in the Arctic, but also how science should be done.

Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, left, and Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal. Canada remains the only Arctic nation without an Arctic science plan and even non-Arctic nations are all purported to be investing more in Arctic science over the next decade than Canada, writes Jackie Dawson. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JACKIE DAWSON

December 7, 2022

In 2007, Russia planted a one-metre-high titanium Russian flag on the seabed floor north of Nunavut. The submarine entered Canadian inland waters and was spotted on Canadian radar. Russia’s purpose was assumedly to lay claim, symbolically, to billions of dollars’ worth o...

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