Key Issues

Sovereignty

Canada’s Arctic is central to our national identity as a northern nation. For thirteen years, previous Liberal governments were asleep at the switch and did nothing to assert Canada’s domain over the North.

Since coming into office, Conservatives have developed a four-pronged Arctic agenda – economic development, national sovereignty, Northern input and control, environmental protection - that will help Canada extend and defend its Arctic sovereignty.

Conservatives are establishing sovereignty over the Arctic to build a stronger, safer, better Canada.

The Conservative Record

A four-pronged Arctic Agenda:

Economic development – unleashing the resource-based potential of the North;
National sovereignty – protecting our land, airspace and territorial waters;
Northern input and control – ending paternalistic federal policies of past governments;
Environmental protection – protecting the unique Northern environment;

With concrete results:

Construction of eight Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships;
Construction of an Arctic deep water port;
Increased northern surveillance by the Canadian Forces;
Invested $20.5 million into climate change research in the Arctic; and
Contributed $150 million for scientific research to coincide with the International Polar Year.