Sovereignty promises a mixed bag of results

Published May 18, 2011

In a recently-released diplomatic cable from January 2010, US diplomats gave an unusually frank assessment of the Conservative government's policy towards the Arctic.

"Canadian [Prime Minister] Stephen Harper has continually played up his government's commitment to defending Canada's 'North,'" the cable reads, "and has endeavored to make concern for the Arctic a prime feature of the Conservative political...

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