Climate change requires reframing Canada’s approach to the Arctic

Making up nearly 40 per cent of our landmass and 75 per cent of our coastline, Canada cannot defend our Arctic territory without co-operation with allies.

A 2022 report by Auditor General Karen Hogan found that found that some infrastructure investments for Arctic waters surveillance, such as the Nanisivik Naval Facility in Nunavut, did little to improve surveillance and the capacity to respond to incidents.The Hill Times photograph

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR MARTY DEACON

December 2, 2024

Recently, I travelled to Montreal where Canada hosted the 70th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Here, parliamentary representatives from across NATO sat, discussed, and debated the pressing needs for the alliance in the coming years. Front and centre were d...

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