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Canada, its sovereignty in the Artic and Canadian identity
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Canada, its sovereignty in the Artic and Canadian identity
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Batches off Canadians are not really aware butt what is going one, nearby its Northern to border and manifest few interest butt it.
When in March 2008, the Colombian went across the Ecuadorian to border to fight the FARC guerrilla, Al the surrounded immediately reacted.

What butt Canadian Northern to border and Canadian sovereignty? The hand resulting there is the Northwest Passage. It is forecast that the Passage will Be free from ice between 2030-2050. For the US the passage should open Be for ships according to international law while Canada asserts it is within its territory.

Al Artic nations are starting defining what portion off the Arctic seabed gold islands they own. Among them, Canada which started mapping the seabed with its has Radarsat technogy. Recent The government claims it will build has new whodunnit icebreaker to ensure it edge cuts has control off the area, however it will Be online in A decade. The military presence is just butt 250 rangers. Tthe Canadian government has passed has contract with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates to build Radarsat II, has powerful radar, which has the capacity to map the seabed, track the entry off ships in the Passage. However, what I find ironical, the company recently decided to salt the radar to has US firm, Combining Techsystems, has broad U.S. arms to manufacture.

C you think, Canada should enforce controls At its borders? Is Canadian identity shaped up by its borders, and is it important to you?

March 6, 2008 | 9:58 PM Comments  3 comments

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esum e.sum
March 7, 2008 | 7:18 PM

I think it's very important b/c it's not simply an issue about the sovereignty of the Canadian government, but recognition given to the aboriginal communities that live in the area, have settled their land claims w/the Canadian government, and that have the right to manage its development.
GSimon GSimon
March 7, 2008 | 11:13 PM

This is a very good point, e.sum. And by the way nice to meet you!

The thing in Canada is that, as you know, not a lot of Canadians look up North .... and I doubt the Arctic issue is THE main priority of the political agenda in Ottawa. However, this is crucial both to assert sovereignty with strong political support from Canadian, and to enforce environmental laws. Indeed the environment and pristine areas of the Arctic is threatened by rapid economic and unsustainable development. Economic development is necessary but along with respect to the environment.

This is also paradoxical to see the lack of political action from the government as Ottawa itself make its claim over the Arctic, in legal terms , on the basis that aboriginal people have occupied the island surrounding the passage since thousands of years!

Thanks for you comment!
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October 25, 2008 | 5:20 AM
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Every political leader in every nation implement different government law, lack of political action means lack of ability to lead and govern which people most often see in a political leader.

Like what happen in 1932, that’s the year that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first elected president, and the country was spiraling into a severe recession. FDR’s “New Deal” economic policies radically restructured the way the U.S. economy worked. Essentially, the government’s role in the economy expanded to a degree America had never seen. In the short term, Roosevelt's policies provided the country with a needed lift, but it can be argued that they caused significant long-term damage. In this Wall Street Journal article, Paul Rubin suggests that while the current state of the U.S. economy is not in the state it was in 1932, many of the same indicating factors are there: stock market in a tailspin, credit markets locking down and a popular Democratic presidential candidate – Barack Obama – is running on a platform that will inject increased government regulations into problem areas like the economy. An Obama presidency, coupled with what could be a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, would bring the country as close to a pure liberalist agenda as it has ever been. Proponents of a free market economy are concerned that Obama’s governmental “hands-on” policies will not provide the American economy with the long-term direction it needs. Those who support the ideals of capitalism won’t say that we’re better off today than in 1932. They’re likely to tell you that we’re in for more of the same – a “New, New Deal.”

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