Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have already seen China aggressively attempting to invest in mining capacity in northern Canada, in ways that triggered national security concerns in the federal government. We have concrete evidence that China is not just actively eyeing but also trying to find mechanisms to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Certainly, any investment we can make in the north is significant. What we need to keep in mind and what is often forgotten—my colleagues here can speak to this—is that it's about 10 times more expensive to do anything in the north than in the south, because of the challenges a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My friend and colleague, Robert Huebert, who you probably know, will be able to provide you with a much more detailed breakdown than I'll be able to, but certainly I would say one of the challenges in the north is that Russia, as an adversary, currently has the initiative. We nee

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Russia has made significant investments in the north. It appears that for now Russia is done with the investments they have provided, in particular in resuscitating significant numbers of Soviet capabilities and installations, as well as a more significant forward deployment of r

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I will give my presentation in English, but feel free to ask me questions in the official language of your choice. Scholarly thinking on environmental security and the role of the military in the American and Canadian Arctic has identified vulnerab