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Cision Canada
13 hours ago
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- Cision Canada
Public Service Announcement - Veterans Affairs Canada Staff available to provide in-person services in Whitehorse Français
WHITEHORSE, YT, June 19, 2025 /CNW/ - Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) employees will be coming to Whitehorse, YT, and will be available from June 23 to 24, 2025. If you are a Veteran or RCMP member, a family member or a Canadian Ranger and would like to meet with VAC staff to learn about programs and services available to you, please call 1-866-522-2122, to make an appointment. SOURCE Veterans Affairs Canada - Ottawa
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
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.
CBC
11-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
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.
CBC
10-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Poilievre promises new military base in Nunavut as part of Arctic defence plan
Social Sharing The federal Conservatives have taken the wraps off a portion of their plan for defence — specifically defending the Far North. In Iqaluit on Monday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at the Russian military buildup on its side of the Arctic and growing Chinese designs on the region, which climate change is turning into a viable shipping lane. He promised to double the size of the Canadian Ranger force, which acts as the army's eyes and ears across the Arctic. The Conservatives, Poilievre said, would also revive a plan to give the Royal Canadian Navy two armed heavy icebreakers to patrol the region, in addition to speeding up the delivery of heavy icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. He also committed to building Canada's first permanent base since the end of the Cold War by establishing Iqaluit, currently a forward operating location for the military, into a full-fledged base — something that would be done in consultation with the military and Indigenous Peoples. Poilievre outlines Arctic security plan, says he'd build permanent base in Nunavut 2 hours ago Duration 3:00 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, speaking from Iqaluit on Monday, said if he becomes prime minister he would acquire new polar ice breakers, build a permanent Arctic military base and double the number of Canadian Rangers operating in the north. Poilievre pointed to that fact Iqaluit has a functional airport and seaport that can accommodate both the navy and the air force. No specific price tag was put on the plan, but the Conservative leader said it would be paid for by cutting foreign aid. "The Canadian Arctic is under threat," Poilievre said in an online video released Monday in tandem with his trip to the region. He claimed allies had lost respect for Canada and our future sovereignty, and trade relations with the United States demands firm action. "My Canada First plan will protect Canadians and give the brave men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces, especially the mighty Canadian Rangers, the resources they need to defend our North so we can secure our skies, seas and soil," he said. In many respects, the Conservative plan is back to the future. Expanding the rangers figured prominently under former prime minister Stephen Harper's government, which added to the force, many of whom are Indigenous, in 2007. While campaigning for re-election in 2015, the Conservatives promised a further expansion. The idea of the navy acquiring armed heavy icebreakers was first floated when the Conservatives campaigned for office in 2006, but after winning the plan was deemed too costly and impractical by the navy. It resulted in the creation of the Arctic offshore patrol ship program, which has been delivering light icebreakers to the navy for several years. As part of the announcement, Poilievre reiterated that existing Liberal defence plans, including the modernization of NORAD (the joint Canada-U.S. aerospace defence framework) and the acquisition of new submarines for the navy would continue. Following U.S. concerns about security and the threat of tariffs by President Donald Trump, Poilievre called on the government to dispatch troops to the border.
