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Federal government needs to act now to ensure Canada’s Arctic security: Senate committee

Mark Lowey
February 7, 2024

Action is needed to protect Canada’s Arctic security from risks including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s growing presence in the region, and accelerating climate change, says a Senate report.

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Organizations:	Arctic Security Consultants, AUKUS, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Forces intelligence Command, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canadian Rangers, Department of National Defence, Francis Xavier University, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada, Government of the United States, Government of Ukraine, House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence, North American Aerospace Defense Command, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network, People's Republic of China, Russian Federation, Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veteran Affairs, Shandong Gold Mining Co., TMAC Resources, Trent University, U.S. National War College, United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and University of Calgary
People:	Adam Lajeunesse, David Auerswald, David Perry, Guy Saint-Jacques, Magali Vullierme, Major-General Michael Wright, Pierre LeBlanc, Robert Huebert, and Ron Wallace
Topics:	armament for Canada's Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships, Canada's Arctic-related security defence priorities and plans, challenges for Canadian Rangers force, China's investment in natural resource projects in the Arctic, China's scientific research stations in the Arctic, damage from permafrost thaw and coastal erosion in the Arctic, Distant Early Warning Line, federal investment to modernize NORAD, impacts of climate change in the Arctic, improving broadband connectivity in the Arctic, increase in vessel voyages in the Arctic, meeting the most urgent social and economic needs in the Arctic, need for Arctic search and rescue strategy, Northern Approaches Suveillance System, obsolete Northern aerospace warning system, partnering with Indigenous people in the Arctic, problems with Canada's defence procurement process, risks to Canada's Arctic sovereignty and security, Russia's Arctic military bases, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Chinese cooperation on LNG projects in the Russian Arctic, security of Canada's Arctic, U.S. ballistic missile defence system, and underwater threats in the Arctic

Federal government needs to act now to ensure Canada’s Arctic security: Senate committee

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