US EditionCarney, defence minister and military chief in Iqaluit for sovereignty announcement
- Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Iqaluit to reaffirm Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic.
- Carney is joined by Defence Minister Bill Blair and Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan for the announcement.
- Carney plans to meet with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Canadian Rangers during this visit.
- Before Iqaluit, Carney was in Paris and London to strengthen trade and security ties with Europe.
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Denver Gazette
The Star Kuala LumpurCanada's Carney vows to expand presence in mineral-rich Arctic
By Carlos Osorio
New urgency over Arctic defence can't come soon enough for major gold miner
Warming temperatures are opening the Northwest Passage as a shipping lane and raising so many concerns about who controls the Arctic that one of Mark Carney's first trips as Canada's new prime minister was to Iqaluit on Tuesday as part of an effort "to reassert Canada’s sovereignty in the North."
The Derrick
Mid Florida NewspapersCanada's new prime minister visits country's Arctic region to assert sovereignty
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived at the edge of the Arctic Circle in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region. Carney will make a defense announcement in Canada’s far north while in the capital…
Carney, Defence Minister and Military Chief in Iqaluit for Sovereignty Announcement
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Iqaluit today in a bid to reassert Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. Carney is expected to make an announcement on strengthening security along with Defence Minister Bill Blair and Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan. He is also set to meet with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and members of the Canadian Rangers who patrol the Arctic. The visit to Nunavut will wrap up Carney’s first trip as Canada’s …
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