Canada needs to work with Inuit to bolster its sovereignty claims in the Arctic, say experts – Hill Times
March 31, 2015
If Canada is going to achieve its territorial aims in the Arctic it needs to treat the Inuit population as partners, rather than using only their existence to bolster Canadian sovereignty claims. This was the message from a panel of experts who appeared before the Senate Liberal Open Caucus on Wednesday March 25 to discuss the issues facing the Arctic.
Rapid warming in the Arctic has led to the increased potential of tapping the vast natural resources that are said to lie below the seabed. The five arctic coastal states (Canada, Russia, Denmark, Norway and the United States) are making territorial claims for these areas to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf through a process established by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
