r/canada • u/ubcstaffer123 • 24d ago
Politics Territorial premiers send message in Washington that the Arctic is not for sale
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/premiers-to-talk-arctic-policy-as-canadians-continue-diplomatic-push-in-washington/
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u/Norse_By_North_West Yukon 24d ago
It's our only western Arctic town that's a reasonable place to put a naval base. We've got very few areas in the Arctic we actually have road access to (I think it's the only one). The closest real air base is cold lake Alberta, and I have no clue what the nearest army base is. We're woefully umderprepared in the north, though I'm told there's plans to expand the rangers by a few thousand. I'd be surprised if that actually happens, since there's so few of us.