Arctic Imperative: Is Canada Losing the North?
- ISBN-10
- 0802057632
- ISBN-13
- 9780802057631
- Category
- Political Science / Public Policy / General
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- John Honderich
Description
Claims of Canada's piecemeal approach to the far North, failing to recognize that issues which have been dealt with separately - sovereignty, security, economic development, star wars - require integration into a comprehensive policy. Argues persuasively that the time has come for such integration.
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