The current Canadian government has gained considerable, and undeserved, credit from terrifying us about supposed threats to our “Arctic sovereignty“. Now the prime minister wants to cover politically-motivated defence spending–at a time when he is pushing the Canadian Forces to reduce expenses (more on the CF’s budget problems)–under the guise of “sovereignty protection” in, gasp, Labrador!
Oinkety! Oinkety! Labrador mentioned below, I must have been wrong about the “need to assert our sovereignty” there:
Now if one does want a sovereignty issue regarding Labrador note this map…More on Goose Bay and politics:
A CF Base is Not a Base Then is a Base–and Has Something to do With the Arctic
Mark Collins is a prolific Ottawa blogger
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November 28th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Note at the end of the last link above:
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By the way CFB Edmonton is at almost exactly the same latitude as Goose Bay–is it another vital part of asserting our Arctic sovereignty? With this government one never knows, does one?”
Mark Collins
November 29th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Oh my goodness, that threat from the Dastardly Danes looks like going down the tubes. Whatever will our government do: “Hans off Labrador!”? (Edmonton too?):
“Canada, Denmark reach tentative deal on decades-long Arctic waters dispute” (nice map)
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/11/28/canada-denmark-reach-tentative-agreement-on-decades-long-arctic-waters-dispute/
Earlier:
“Northern Headline of the Day”
http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1026
‘The Danes: “armed to the teeth”’
http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1040
Mark Collins