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Originally Posted by polak
lol arctic sovereignty. We have zero claim to most of the arctic. Sorry, I have more friends on Facebook than there are Canadians living in the disputed parts of arctic.
You want to fend of Russia, The US and other countries that are disputing our claims then we need to increase our infrastructure and civilian presence there, not our military presence. We have zero shot of defending the arctic by military means.
Take that 1% increase and apply it to subsidies on corporate investment in the arctic. Maybe establish one reason for the world to consider "Canadian" other than the fact that someone drew a line around it a hundred or so years ago when nothing up there mattered.
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The same could be said of much of Northern Alberta, BC, Sask, Manitoba, Quebec, Labrador (which has 28,000 people in 294,000 sq Km's)........
A military defense is the only defense that is possible. You need boots on the ground to claim/defend the land.
I do agree that Canada should develop industry further in the north, perhaps we can rip open a few more of these:
