Robust Arctic investments will help protect Canada’s sovereignty: Senator Patterson – SenCA+
June 4, 2025
One of Canada’s greatest responsibilities is to ensure the sovereignty of our nation and the security of our people. In these times of global instability, increased threats to democracy, challenges to international rules-based order — and in the face of threats to this country’s security and sovereignty — it is now more important than ever for politicians to rethink our approach to defence and security.
Canadians often think of our sovereignty and security in terms of borders alone, and not the secure environment in which we live that fosters shared values and a sense of democratic resiliency. The idea that humans needed to feel secure to ensure a peaceful society emerged in the 1990s. At the 2022 Madrid Summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders outlined the alliance’s approach to human security, focusing on a people-centred, gender-responsive prevention and protection framework to address risks and threats to civilians, especially in a conflict or crisis.
