Conservative Leader cites need to counter growing threats from Russia and China, as well as desire to maintain good relations with United States
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging, if his party forms government, to build a military base in Canada ’s Arctic, buy two polar icebreakers for the Royal Canadian Navy and double the size of the Canadian Rangers patrol group responsible for upper reaches of the North.In a Conservative press statement obtained by The Globe and Mail, Mr.
Canada currently does not have a military base in the Arctic – the definition of what constitutes a base is variable – but the Forces do have a number of stations or installations across the region. The Conservatives say the military base they envision in Iqaluit would be able to host a full Royal Canadian Air Force wing, or unit of command, to launch and land new F-35 fighter jets to deter, intercept and destroy threats as well as to land Poseidon P-8 surveillance aircraft that carry out search and rescue, conduct anti-submarine warfare, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance work.
It’s not clear by what year the Conservative’s two promised naval icebreakers will be ready or what ice-breaking capacity they would have. Russia has been reopening Arctic military bases and outposts for years. China is also securing a significant presence in the Arctic as Russia, facing a severe budget crunch from its military assault on Ukraine, increasingly relies on Beijing and unprecedented levels of Chinese corporate and state investment to develop the northern region.
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