. . . another Harper Embarrassment!

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Why Canada’s search for an icebreaker is an Arctic embarrassment

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MICHAEL BYERS Special to The Globe and Mail

Published Tuesday, Jan. 21 2014, 7:37 AM EST

Last updated Wednesday, Jan. 22 2014, 6:02 PM EST

This is part of The North, a Globe investigation of unprecedented change, to the climate, culture and politics of Canada’s last frontier.
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“What happened to those icebreakers that Canada was going to build?” The question from an American colleague was accompanied by a sly wink.

In December, 2005, then opposition leader Stephen Harper promised three new heavy icebreakers to defend Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. One month later, he reaffirmed the promise during his first press conference as prime minister.

Eight years later, nothing has come of the plan – and foreign experts are shaking their heads at Mr. Harper’s all-talk, no-action approach to Arctic policy.

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