Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North

This paper seeks to determine to what extent, if at all, Canada’s sovereignty is threatened in the changing Arctic. Its goal is to define the scope and severity of the threat, and to determine if current policy responses and plans by the federal government are fit to adequately address that threat....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cameron, Ian B.
Other Authors: Paul, Robinson
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38575
id ftunivottawa:oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/38575
record_format openpolar
spelling ftunivottawa:oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/38575 2023-05-15T14:37:42+02:00 Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North Cameron, Ian B. Paul, Robinson 2018 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38575 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38575 Research Paper 2018 ftunivottawa 2021-01-04T18:32:55Z This paper seeks to determine to what extent, if at all, Canada’s sovereignty is threatened in the changing Arctic. Its goal is to define the scope and severity of the threat, and to determine if current policy responses and plans by the federal government are fit to adequately address that threat. As commercial opportunities proliferate and foreign actors express interest, can Canada truly claim to be sovereign in the Arctic? If so, is that sovereignty tenable? This paper will conclude that there does exist a threat to Canada’s Arctic sovereignty: Canada risks abdicating its de facto sovereignty in the Arctic through its persistent inability to develop and govern its portion of the region. As commercial endeavors proliferate, governments will need to provide the infrastructure and governance necessary to support business. If Canada does not lead this effort, other actors will. This paper will also conclude that the government’s policy responses to date do not appropriately address the real threats that Canada faces. We will therefore suggest new policy initiatives which we recommend the government implement. Report Arctic uO Research (University of Ottawa - uOttawa) Arctic Canada
institution Open Polar
collection uO Research (University of Ottawa - uOttawa)
op_collection_id ftunivottawa
language English
description This paper seeks to determine to what extent, if at all, Canada’s sovereignty is threatened in the changing Arctic. Its goal is to define the scope and severity of the threat, and to determine if current policy responses and plans by the federal government are fit to adequately address that threat. As commercial opportunities proliferate and foreign actors express interest, can Canada truly claim to be sovereign in the Arctic? If so, is that sovereignty tenable? This paper will conclude that there does exist a threat to Canada’s Arctic sovereignty: Canada risks abdicating its de facto sovereignty in the Arctic through its persistent inability to develop and govern its portion of the region. As commercial endeavors proliferate, governments will need to provide the infrastructure and governance necessary to support business. If Canada does not lead this effort, other actors will. This paper will also conclude that the government’s policy responses to date do not appropriately address the real threats that Canada faces. We will therefore suggest new policy initiatives which we recommend the government implement.
author2 Paul, Robinson
format Report
author Cameron, Ian B.
spellingShingle Cameron, Ian B.
Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North
author_facet Cameron, Ian B.
author_sort Cameron, Ian B.
title Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North
title_short Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North
title_full Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North
title_fullStr Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North
title_full_unstemmed Investing in the Canadian Arctic: A Policy Proposal to Protect Canada’s de facto Sovereignty in the North
title_sort investing in the canadian arctic: a policy proposal to protect canada’s de facto sovereignty in the north
publishDate 2018
url http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38575
geographic Arctic
Canada
geographic_facet Arctic
Canada
genre Arctic
genre_facet Arctic
op_relation http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38575
_version_ 1766309906531483648