Support needed for strong, sustainable communities in the North

As we head into a new quest for critical minerals, while also facing the threat of climate change, we must urgently support sustainable communities in the North.

Dawson City, Yukon, demonstrates the dramatic reality of climate change in the North, with gold rush-era buildings tilting or sinking slowly as the permafrost melts and the ground shifts, writes Liberal MP Brendan Hanley.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP BRENDAN HANLEY

April 17, 2023

Five hundred kilometres north of Whitehorse, Yukon, colourful Dawson City evokes not just its storied Gold Rush past, but also demonstrates at every corner the dramatic and prescient reality of climate change in the North. Gold rush-era buildings tilt and...

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