Monday, August 06, 2007

Ottawa lax about Arctic sovereignty, Layton says. TIME TO DRAW LINE IN THE SNOW

Merita Ilo Canadian Press http://www.thestar.com/News/article/243523

Climate change is destroying the country's North as we know it and the federal government is not doing enough to protect Canada's Arctic sovereignty, NDP Leader Jack Layton said yesterday. "The Russian mission to place its flag on the ocean floor at the North Pole demonstrates a troubling reality for northern communities and all Canadians concerning Arctic sovereignty," Layton said in a letter sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who's due to visit several northern communities this week.

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