Canada is to open new consulates in Alaska and Greenland, appoint an ambassador for the Arctic and enlist Indigenous communities to carry out surveillance in the area as it bolsters security in its Arctic region.
The measures are part of a new Arctic security policy that was announced in Ottawa on Friday by foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly and defence minister Bill Blair.
“The Arctic is no longer a low-tension region,” Joly said. “Canada is at an inflection point in the Arctic.”
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