Poilievre pledges Nunavut military base as part of Arctic defence plan
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged in Iqaluit Monday to double the size of the Canadian Ranger force, revive a plan to give the Royal Canadian Navy two armed heavy icebreakers for patrol and to build a permanent base in Iqaluit. Rob Huebert, a political science professor at the University of Calgary discusses Poilievre's plan.
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