Melting Ice Cools Debate Over Passage

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Does Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Passage still matter? To even ask that question seems more than slightly odd, given the Harper government's frequent "use it or lose it" rhetoric about the Arctic and the announcement at the beginning of December of changes to the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act. Transport Minister John Baird announced that the government intended to extend the application of the act to 200 from 100 nautical miles in an effort to control shipping and to stop the pollution of Arctic waters, a salutary aim. When the act is amended and put into effect, Canada will assume responsibility for environmental protection and enforcement over an additional half-million square kilometres of the Arctic Ocean.

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Melting Ice Cools Debate Over Passage

Does Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Passage still matter? To even ask that question seems more than slightly odd, given the Harper government's frequent "use it or lose it" rhetoric about the Arctic and the announcement at the beginning of Dece...

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