Reply #4: Too focused on military might: NDP [View All]

The exercise, which will conclude Aug. 28, is partly meant to demonstrate Canada's sovereignty in the North, in an area where Russian and American subs have long prowled.

Canada has also been in quarrels with Denmark over control of Hans Island, but they quietly began forging closer military links recently.

But Western Arctic New Democrat MP Dennis Bevington, whose riding encompasses the Northwest Territories, said Canada shouldn't be flexing its military muscle if it wants to resolve territorial disputes with Russia and the U.S.

"Those are not issues that are going to be settled by Canadian military might," Bevington said. "Those are only going to be settled through negotiation with, you know, our largest partner in the world."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/19/harper-nanook-arctic-north-sovereignty414.html