Mr. Speaker, the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, ACUNS, is calling for a coherent policy on polar affairs, including research.
It calls for legislation similar to that in the United States, which would include a polar institute with research capacity, which would be sustained by the federal and other northern governments. It sees this institute as playing an important role in the expansion of research and education in the north.
Canada is a great polar nation. We should be truly masters of our own northern house and a leader in polar affairs abroad.
I urge the government to give the ACUNS document the most serious consideration. It is time we revitalized and rejuvenated northern studies in Canada.