Add this to the Meng and two Michaels score card with China
"...Canada still does not have new icebreakers unlike Russia, which is building a fleet of 13 new polar icebreakers. Beijing has two medium-strength icebreakers and is building a larger, more powerful icebreaker as it looks to use the Arctic as a shipping lane and to exploit minerals.
Mr. Fraser said Ottawa also needs to have a bigger military presence in the Arctic, including continued air surveillance operations using autonomous underwater vehicles and regular navy and coast guard patrols. Canada is starting to accept delivery of new Arctic and offshore patrol vessels but they can’t operate in the Far North during the winter and have limited ice-breaking capability.
He said the government has been “asleep at the switch” when it comes to asserting Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic.
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