Thursday, Jul 12, 2007
Opinion
Canada flexes muscles in scramble for the Arctic http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/12/stories/2007071253211100.htm
Ed Pilkington
The ice-covered ocean around the North Pole is hotting up - both literally, through global warming, and metaphorically as a political issue.
It is not the kind of militaristic statement expected of the peace-loving Canadians. At a naval base outside Victoria in British Columbia, Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave a warning to other nations eyeing the potentially oil-rich Arctic. http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/12/stories/2007071253211100.htm