DND’s message to the North: ‘There’s going to be money flowing’ – Cabin Radio
December 17, 2025
Science and tech researchers at the Department of National Defence say they’re heading north and bringing money with them. Do communities believe the promises?
At a Calgary conference largely dominated by Arctic climate change science, a different session popped up on Tuesday: “From science to mobilizing Indigenous business for Arctic defence and security,” sponsored by DND.
In that session, DND told northerners it’s ready to spend large sums of money not just on Arctic sovereignty, but on a wide range of other projects, and it wants to spend that cash with Indigenous businesses.
Northerners in the audience by no means greeted that message coldly, but they’re also no strangers to governments making that kind of promise. There was skepticism.
