Northward Looking - A Strategy and a Science Policy for Northern Development: Science Council of Canada Report No. 26 [review]

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: de la Barre, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1979
• Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic policy; Natural resources; Canadian Arctic; Arctic; Canada
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65669

. The Council approached its study . by (1) undertaking a review of past resource developments there and their related government policies and (2) commissioning five case studies, all dealing with large, recent projects involving non-renewable resources. It analyzes later the subject of Canadian control over the technologies used in northern development and the special problem of marine transportation of natural gas from the Arctic. . the Science Council has produced an enormously interesting report which should serve to stimulate further analysis and discussion. . the report's main conclusions come close to providing a reasonable and attainable northern development strategy for the forseeable future. .