Canada is not equipped to defend its Arctic

The world’s rules-based order is at great risk and Canada is not ready, especially in the Arctic.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent approaches the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean on Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelly, U.S. Coast Guard

Opinion

BY PIERRE LEBLANC

February 10, 2025

I have been in and out of the Canadian Arctic since 1972, when I conducted my first sovereignty foot patrol some 1,000 kilometres north of Inuvik, in the Northwest Territories. Later, I commanded the Canadian Forces Northern Area, based in Yellowknife, N.W.T., for five years...

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