IQALUIT, Nation – The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, on Tuesday, announced a purchase of a multimillionaire radar in Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting the northern end of Canada in an effort to affirm sovereignty over the increasingly disputed region.
The prime minister’s office said the $ 6 billion Canadian system ($ 4.2 billion) of “radar on the horizon” will provide early warning radar coverage of the United States border and Arctic.
Carney made the announcement in a military base in the capital of the territory of Nunavut governed by Inuit. It was his last stop after Visiting Paris and London For meetings with leaders there.
“Arctic sovereignty is a strategic priority of our government,” said Carney. “Canada is and forever will be an Arctic Nation.”
The Australian radar system will consist of a series of pillars of almost one mile (1.6 kilometers). The authorities said the system would have a smaller footprint than the similar American system would take.
Senior officials of the Canadian government, who informed journalists on the Carney aircraft before the announcement, said the purchase has been well received by the senior military officials in the Aerospace Defense Command of North America, the Joint Military Command of the United States Canadians that threats abroad over the two countries.
But officials said they could not say how Australian purchase would be politically received by Washington. The officials spoke about anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The main military commander of Canada also planned to announce that the Government will spend $ 420 million Canadian ($ 294 million) to expand the Training Operations and Exercises of the Arctic of Canada and deploy more personal. Carney said Canada will have a “greater sustained presence throughout the year.”
The prime minister is in Iqaluit, which is, with much, the largest municipality in Nunavut, a vast territory that extends to horcajadas on the Arctic circle. Nunavut is approximately the size of the US states of Alaska and California combined, with a mostly inuit population of approximately 40,000.
The Prime Minister’s flight route took him to Greenland. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, Interest in GreenlandTo the northeast of Nunavut, it occurs as part of an aggressive foreign policy platform “America First” that has included threats to take control of the Panama Canal and suggestions that Canada should become the state 51 of the United States.
“The priorities of the United States, once aligned with ours, are beginning to change,” said Carney.
Trump has threatened the economic coercion to make Canada in state 51. His constant talk about annexation has enraged the Canadians and has turned the political fortune of the Liberal Government Liberal Party, which was heading to a historical defeat, but now he has the possibility of winning a fourth mandate. Carbya is expected to call a general choice for the end of the week.
During much of the year, the weather in Iqaluit can be severe. In February 2010, Iqaluit organized a meeting of Ministers of Finance and Governors of the Central Bank of the Seven Nations Group. Several of the dignitaries, including Carney when he was head of the Central Bank of Canada, put themselves in dogs in underpants detection.
It is a distinctive destination, home of approximately 7,500 people, but not a single traffic light, without rail or railway links to the outside world.
The increase in international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put the Arctic in the heart of world trade and security.
