Canada’s minister of foreign affairs Melanie Joly said she will establish two new Arctic consulates — one in Alaska and another in Greenland, and she will appoint a dedicated Arctic ambassador.
The Anchorage diplomatic mission is being seen as a message to the United States that Canada intends to collaborate with the Trump Administration on Arctic issues during a time when Russia and China are taking an increased interest in the Arctic, and when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on shaky standing with the incoming president.
“Canada must be strong in the North American Arctic, and it requires deeper collaboration with its greatest ally, the United States,” Melanie Joly, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, said in policy document announcing the changes.
“The Arctic is no longer a low-tension region. We live in a tough world and we need to be tougher in our response,” Joly said.
The news was first reported by CBC in Canada. Read more at this link.
President Joe Biden in September appointed the first-ever Arctic ambassador, Alaskan Michael Sfraga, but his shelf life will likely be shortened, as President Donald Trump is sure to either make his own pick or leave the seat open for a while.
Canada’s first step to becoming the 51st State, Dang, That Trump has the touch!!
Bet Greenland is sorry they missed being bought last go around. MAGA makes MCAS
(Make Alaska Great again and Make Canada A State)
Yup; Canada’s Joly is paying attention; Maybe she needs to take another look at China gobbling up Canada’s natural resources …. didn’t China just refuse to sell some important minerals to the US? Were those rare earth minerals? —> which Alaska & Texas have an abundance of & will only inspire us to develop that segment faster… yup, more job stimulus for Alaskans & Texans! Maybe the Ambassidor of Alaska to Canada would be a good fwd slot for our governor … but first he needs to become an OBSRUCTOR … that seems to be what Trump looks for & since the gov used to be in the education field it seems his best avenue would be to design the best CHOICE education system in the United States … one where the learning credits or vouchers are minus any middlemen … direct to parents … to choose where those vouchers go… no boundrys against Remote Learning, or thru private or govenment school systems …. from parent to teacher… get rid of all interferance & extra expense. The teacher can rent the class space from existing schools; the teacher can teach student-responsibility for classroom cleanliness; the teacher can de-unionize, the parent-teacher relationship can have real meaning!
Fellow bloggers did I leave anything out?
That’s cool. With the US and others competing with Russia for sovereignty of the arctic shelf, there is plenty at stake.
Every Biden appointee should be dismissed.
This is all part of the man-made global warming bull-sh*t agenda, to stop oil drilling, and to feed academia and environmentalists $$billions in American taxpayer money. Not to mention…….to punish the US for being an industrial nation like no other on earth. Trump will not only appoint a new arctic ambassador, but he will more likely withdraw from this Marxist program by the end of January 2025. So long, environmental wackos.
I say ….” TAX BELUGA FARTS “
Remember, you heard it here first.
With global warming and oil being more accessible, Russia is claiming that the arctic shelf if part of their continent and they might be right. Plate tectonic drift favors them, but fortunately, we don’t follow those lines for boundaries. Next, we are going to have to beat China to the moons south pole to get to the water ice first. Oh wait, we really do.
A Trudeau presence in Anchorage? No thanks.
At least we have a potential hostage. In case he gets too ambitious
Trudeau’s days are numbered!
Hello XL Pipeline. Hello Beaufort Sea drilling. Hello ANWR oil exploration. The incoming leader of the free world is about to drive the nutcase liberal wackos into a long hibernation. It’s coming!
Trump is already about to cancel a $2 Billion order of electric trucks for the US Postal Service.
Not even sworn in yet and taking command. Love this man.
how does the XL pipeline fit in with energy independence for the USA? It is ironic Trump wanted the XL pipeline in his first term. Now he is proposing measures to hamper Canadian oil. Canada is probably happier they more than doubled the capacity of the Trans Mountain Pipeline than relying on the XL.
The XL Pipeline was a valid contract signed by American and Canadian companies during Trump1 Administration. It enriches both countries and serves the public with valuable energy resources. The lunatics under Biden canceled it, illegally, with their warped climate action agenda. It will be a renewed contract very soon. Canadians support it.
sure the Canadians wanted it. The refineries probably would of liked getting the cheaper oil. The American consumer might of actually got cheaper gas. But how does enabling the United States largest source of oil imports easier access to US markets lead to energy independence?
It’s called leverage … Trudeau is weak right now; later T can be for it again.
She’s a cutie … !!!
I was expecting the guy that was the shop teacher with the huge ta-ta’s.
LOL ……I remember him. The crazies, fruitcakes, nutcases, weirdos, and Democrats are about to be replaced.
Good. I hope their body parts are symmetrical and biologically/anatomically correct.
LOL Hey u guys … u crack me up
As liberal as Canada is, even they understand that resource extraction done with sound environmental policy is a good thing, we can learn a lot from Canada in this regard. Instead of shutting everything down and importing materials from countries who do not follow such stringent environmental policy we should be developing our resources.
Question
is whether Trump will have put more in the diplomatic area to promote taking authority over Canada’s Northwest passage and all within the 200 mile boundary. Russia, China and USA have applied the UN to ignore the 200 mile restriction.Who in UN has this authority???
I think Greenland is included in the PLAN: doesnt that take up pretty much the entire northwest passage? Meanwhile we’ll placate the Industrial Complex w/bldgng bigger meaner drones & drone interferance systems & other fearsome technology —> see the “Malaysian Flight 370 airline disappearance” on a “Clayton Morris Redacted episode” (don’t forget the popcorn)
The XL pipeline would have also included shale oil from North Dakota in its delivery system !! Otherwise they have to truck or use limited RR tank cars. Both are far less reliable that’s modern pipeline using the latest technology. Our pipeline has verified their overall safety!!