The greatest threat to the Canadian Arctic is security, not sovereignty

The Canadian effort to defend its Arctic must be focused on convincing our enemies that they cannot successfully attack the United States through our Arctic region.

The modernization of NORAD for the defence of Canada is critical for Canadian security, and is why Canadian F-35s that can operate with the F-35s of the U.S., UK, Norway, Denmark and Finland are needed to stop Russian delivery systems carrying hypersonic missiles, writes Rob Huebert, professor of political science at the University of Calgary.Photograph courtesy of Clemens Vasters, Flickr.com, shared under a CC BY 2.0 deed license

Opinion

BY ROB HUEBERT

November 30, 2024

One of the most confounding elements facing Canadians when talking about the Arctic is the confusing manner in which Canadian policy-makers use the term Arctic sovereignty. This confusion continues in the recently released Canadian defence update and will probably be found i...

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