Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ranger Program, Northwest Passage, Hans Island
8 Mar 2018
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Climate change, globalization, shifting geopolitical/economic/international significance of. Reshaped sovereignty concerns and legal disagreements of arctic regions. Increased legal and political discourse over arctic interests and rebirth of focus on arctic have generated coherent responses and policies to issues. Arctic sovereignty is used by many stakeholders who express divergent views of attributes of. Sovereignty linked to social and community wellness, economic and political development, environmental stewardship, northern policies. Canada and north have different ideas of sovereignty. Thesis: northern sovereignty should not be seen as substitution for function of. Views should be considered to strengthen canada"s position on arctic. Canada"s interest is to defend and assert sovereignty in north. Northern people want a say in decisions that affect them. Northerners want to help government assert sovereignty internal, political northern sovereignty is often presented by northerners as an ulti(cid:373)ate co(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t (cid:374)ecessar(cid:455) for the e(cid:454)ercise of ca(cid:374)ada"s arctic sovereig(cid:374)t(cid:455)
