Canada’s Arctic moment: climate reality, Indigenous leadership, and global responsibility

In the past, the Senate of Canada had a special committee on the Arctic, which should be reinstated.

The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth. The question is whether Canada will rise to meet that change, or be defined by its consequences, write Senators Brian Francis and Rosa Galvez.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Opinion

BY PSG SENATOR BRIAN FRANCIS, ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

May 6, 2026

What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic. It is already reshaping global security, energy systems, and the stability of our planet’s climate. That reality came into sharp focus during our recent participation in the

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