‘We are all butter, no guns’: Experts look back at Canada’s difficult Arctic defence history – Nunatsiaq News
Apr 4, 2025
Federal government has history of making big promises during times of crisis but moving on when things settle down, says retired colonel
Arctic security and sovereignty are shaping up to be key issues for the April 28 federal election. This article is part of a series examining northern security, and the plans that Canada’s main political parties are promising.
For decades, Inuit have played a primary role in asserting Canadian Arctic sovereignty.
“I’m one of the proudest Canadian flagpoles that we can be,” said David Akeeagok, Nunavut’s economic development and transportation minister, in a Feb. 17 speech during the Aqsarniit Trade Show and Conference in Ottawa.
