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Defence Minister Bill Blair. Ottawa must find the right fleet composition and capacity so the Navy can make more tactically informed decisions about its operations, writes Andrew Erskine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MARTY DEACON | December 2, 2024
A 2022 report by Auditor General Karen Hogan found that found that some infrastructure investments for Arctic waters surveillance, such as the Nanisivik Naval Facility in Nunavut, did little to improve surveillance and the capacity to respond to incidents. The Hill Times photograph
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MARTY DEACON | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MARTY DEACON | December 2, 2024
A 2022 report by Auditor General Karen Hogan found that found that some infrastructure investments for Arctic waters surveillance, such as the Nanisivik Naval Facility in Nunavut, did little to improve surveillance and the capacity to respond to incidents. The Hill Times photograph
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | December 2, 2024
Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree attended a ceremony in Behchokǫ̀ on Nov. 14 , where 22 Indigenous governments and groups from across the Northwest Territories signed onto a funding pact worth $375-million over the next 10 years intended to be used for conservation and stewardship. The Hill Times photograph courtesy of Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MICHAEL MCLEOD | December 2, 2024
Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree attended a ceremony in Behchokǫ̀ on Nov. 14 , where 22 Indigenous governments and groups from across the Northwest Territories signed onto a funding pact worth $375-million over the next 10 years intended to be used for conservation and stewardship. The Hill Times photograph courtesy of Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MARGARET DAWN ANDERSON | December 2, 2024
A four-unit housing complex in Aklavik, N.W.T. The community of approximately 667 people, located in the Beaufort Delta, faces significant climate change-induced challenges, according to PSG Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson. Photograph courtesy of Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson
Opinion | BY MARGARET DAWN ANDERSON | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY MARGARET DAWN ANDERSON | December 2, 2024
A four-unit housing complex in Aklavik, N.W.T. The community of approximately 667 people, located in the Beaufort Delta, faces significant climate change-induced challenges, according to PSG Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson. Photograph courtesy of Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is preparing an Arctic foreign policy, in consultation with Indigenous partners, territorial governments and Arctic allies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is preparing an Arctic foreign policy, in consultation with Indigenous partners, territorial governments and Arctic allies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | December 2, 2024
Natan Obed is president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national representative organization for Inuit in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | December 2, 2024
Opinion | BY NATAN OBED | December 2, 2024
Natan Obed is president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national representative organization for Inuit in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NEIL DESAI AND CATHY MUNROE | January 12, 2022
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, who is responsible for the Canada Border Services Agency, is pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 30, 2021. While novel technologies will prove difficult targets for border controls, the use of emerging technologies as a tool of border management also presents its own host of troubling ‘opportunities,’ write Neil Desai and Cathy Munroe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and Flickr photograph by Dennis Sylvester Hurd
Opinion | BY NEIL DESAI AND CATHY MUNROE | January 12, 2022
Opinion | BY NEIL DESAI AND CATHY MUNROE | January 12, 2022
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, who is responsible for the Canada Border Services Agency, is pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 30, 2021. While novel technologies will prove difficult targets for border controls, the use of emerging technologies as a tool of border management also presents its own host of troubling ‘opportunities,’ write Neil Desai and Cathy Munroe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and Flickr photograph by Dennis Sylvester Hurd
Opinion | BY LUCIO ANGELUCCI | December 21, 2021
Carbon taxes and fuel standards are helping close the price gap between diesel and biodiesel, but it will be many years before these policies will have enough of an impact, especially in sectors like shipping and mining, which can use very high blends to maximize pollution reductions, writes Lucio Angelucci. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY LUCIO ANGELUCCI | December 21, 2021
Opinion | BY LUCIO ANGELUCCI | December 21, 2021
Carbon taxes and fuel standards are helping close the price gap between diesel and biodiesel, but it will be many years before these policies will have enough of an impact, especially in sectors like shipping and mining, which can use very high blends to maximize pollution reductions, writes Lucio Angelucci. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 8, 2021
A CC-177 Globemaster arrives in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, with members from 38 Canadian Brigade Group participating in Exercise Arctic Ram on Feb. 13, 2016. Canada must ensure it is ready and able to provide kinetic force to stop any form of Russian use of force, writes Rob Huebert. DND photograph by MCpl Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY ROB HUEBERT | December 8, 2021
A CC-177 Globemaster arrives in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, with members from 38 Canadian Brigade Group participating in Exercise Arctic Ram on Feb. 13, 2016. Canada must ensure it is ready and able to provide kinetic force to stop any form of Russian use of force, writes Rob Huebert. DND photograph by MCpl Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER | December 8, 2021
Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal is pictured outside of the West Block on Dec. 2. The Arctic and Northern Policy Framework promises to address ‘the need for transformative investments in infrastructure, rather than a remedial approach that only perpetuates a state of crisis,’ which territorial premiers and northern Indigenous leaders have been arguing this for years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER | December 8, 2021
Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal is pictured outside of the West Block on Dec. 2. The Arctic and Northern Policy Framework promises to address ‘the need for transformative investments in infrastructure, rather than a remedial approach that only perpetuates a state of crisis,’ which territorial premiers and northern Indigenous leaders have been arguing this for years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 8, 2021
Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal announced an $88,000 investment by the federal government's Northern Responsible Energy Approach for Community Heat and Electricity (REACHE) program to Nihtat Energy Limited on Feb. 9. The REACHE program is intended to help reduce reliance for northern communities on diesel fuel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 8, 2021
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 8, 2021
Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal announced an $88,000 investment by the federal government's Northern Responsible Energy Approach for Community Heat and Electricity (REACHE) program to Nihtat Energy Limited on Feb. 9. The REACHE program is intended to help reduce reliance for northern communities on diesel fuel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JULIA CHRISTENSEN | December 8, 2021
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen is pictured speaking to reporters in Ottawa in July 2020. Recent efforts at the territorial and community government level to see communities lead their own housing needs assessments as well as programming and policy are hindered by the absence of consistent, dependable funding streams to implement these plans, writes Julia Christensen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JULIA CHRISTENSEN | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY JULIA CHRISTENSEN | December 8, 2021
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen is pictured speaking to reporters in Ottawa in July 2020. Recent efforts at the territorial and community government level to see communities lead their own housing needs assessments as well as programming and policy are hindered by the absence of consistent, dependable funding streams to implement these plans, writes Julia Christensen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane is pictured in Ottawa with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Dec. 5, 2019. Governments in the N.W.T. rely on a collaborative partnership with the federal government. We want to advance priorities that Indigenous leadership, community governments, and residents have identified as important to the future success of our territory, writes Ms. Cochrane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane is pictured in Ottawa with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Dec. 5, 2019. Governments in the N.W.T. rely on a collaborative partnership with the federal government. We want to advance priorities that Indigenous leadership, community governments, and residents have identified as important to the future success of our territory, writes Ms. Cochrane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PAUL QUASSA | December 8, 2021
Nunavut is changing very quickly. Economic development and Inuit freely practicing subsistence hunting can now happen in unison, writes Paul Quassa. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/Baffinland Iron Mines
Opinion | BY PAUL QUASSA | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY PAUL QUASSA | December 8, 2021
Nunavut is changing very quickly. Economic development and Inuit freely practicing subsistence hunting can now happen in unison, writes Paul Quassa. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/Baffinland Iron Mines
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | December 8, 2021
Harvesting country food continues to be a fundamental part of Inuit traditional knowledge, culture, and survival. Veronica Ell likes to dip her fish in salt water when making pipsi at Duke of York Bay, near Coral Harbour, Nunavut. Photograph courtesy of Elsie Harron
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | December 8, 2021
Harvesting country food continues to be a fundamental part of Inuit traditional knowledge, culture, and survival. Veronica Ell likes to dip her fish in salt water when making pipsi at Duke of York Bay, near Coral Harbour, Nunavut. Photograph courtesy of Elsie Harron
Opinion | BY PETER KIKKERT | December 8, 2021
Every year, the Canadian Armed Forces leads Operation Nanook-Tatigiit, a whole-of-government exercise that practices co-operation and collaboration among key partners involved in northern disaster and emergency management. DND photograph by Corporal Simon Arcand
Opinion | BY PETER KIKKERT | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY PETER KIKKERT | December 8, 2021
Every year, the Canadian Armed Forces leads Operation Nanook-Tatigiit, a whole-of-government exercise that practices co-operation and collaboration among key partners involved in northern disaster and emergency management. DND photograph by Corporal Simon Arcand
Opinion | BY TIMOTHY CHOI | November 17, 2021
Despite the Arctic’s growing geopolitical significance and increasing maritime traffic, the upgraded Victoria class have spent most of their limited sailing times this past decade in the Far East and West, not North, like the HMCS Chicoutimi—pictured in Scotland in 2005—which sailed to Japan in 2017-2018, from which it monitored North Korean sanctions, writes Timothy Choi. DND photograph by Cpl. Robert Bottrill
Opinion | BY TIMOTHY CHOI | November 17, 2021
Opinion | BY TIMOTHY CHOI | November 17, 2021
Despite the Arctic’s growing geopolitical significance and increasing maritime traffic, the upgraded Victoria class have spent most of their limited sailing times this past decade in the Far East and West, not North, like the HMCS Chicoutimi—pictured in Scotland in 2005—which sailed to Japan in 2017-2018, from which it monitored North Korean sanctions, writes Timothy Choi. DND photograph by Cpl. Robert Bottrill
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | November 4, 2021
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. There are only a handful of ships dedicated to science in the North, and five of them belong to Arctic Research Foundation, writes its vice president, Tom Henheffer. With major gaps in our Arctic coverage, scientists struggle to understand how temperatures are changing, how sea ice is melting, and how migratory patterns have shifted. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | November 4, 2021
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | November 4, 2021
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. There are only a handful of ships dedicated to science in the North, and five of them belong to Arctic Research Foundation, writes its vice president, Tom Henheffer. With major gaps in our Arctic coverage, scientists struggle to understand how temperatures are changing, how sea ice is melting, and how migratory patterns have shifted. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard