The significant and existential threat to Arctic sovereignty from climate change

Strong, Secure, and Engaged had no new initiatives to increase natural disaster fighting capabilities, leaving the women and men in the Armed Forces without meaningful investments in the training and equipment required to combat this growing threat.
We need to invest in our frontline of defence in the Arctic by increasing funds to our Canadian Rangers, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and for the well-being of Arctic communities, writes Lindsay Mathyssen.

Without the long-promised, long-delayed defence policy update, Canadians are left to piece together a vision for our 21st century Armed Forces through snippets of statements, committee appearances, and, occasionally, leaked documents to the media. But piecing thes...

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