Canada's new leader has announced a radar purchase from Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting Canada’s far north in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday announced a radar purchase from Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting Canada’s far north in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region.

The prime minister’s office said the Canadian $6 billion ($4.2 billion) Over-the-Horizon Radar system will provide early warning radar coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic.

Carney announced the purchase at a military base in the capital of the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut on his last stop after visiting Paris and London for meetings with leaders there.

The Australian radar system will consist of a series of pillars almost a mile (1.6 kilometers) in length. Officials said that the system would have a smaller footprint than what the similar American system would take up.

  • Nora@lemmy.ml
    117·
    2 days ago

    Wtf are you talking about, this sucks. imagine if he put those billions into housing or food for those in need. Would do a lot better than more fucking bullshit to exploit/covet the resources of this land for some capitalists to benefit from.

    4.2 Billion could make a lot of homes and feed a lot of people.

    • MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca
      10·
      2 days ago

      If you don’t see the importance of defending our sovereignty right now, then I’m not sure what world you’re living in.

    • Thepotholeman@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Wahhhhhhh stfu. We’re on the brink of the USA invading us over bullshit that is comparable to nazi fucking Germany and you’re complaining about housing right now? If we even want to survive to make decisions for ourselves we’re going to have to first lick this goddamn fascist country from below first. THEN we can focus on first world shit. We must sign a defensive pact with the EU or France or UK. There’s no sugar coating it, we need to be prepared to fight back and fight back hard against these facist fucks.

      Maybe they think they can just walk in and be greeted with open arms, but we’re sure to stab them in the backs when it’s best. What a goddamn shame that 80 years of the most peaceful time in human history is coming to an end because people couldn’t be bothered about history. This is a divergence of species here, we are seeing in real time those who are unable to think critically, and those who can, seperate from one another. And we better win that fight

      • Nora@lemmy.ml
        119·
        2 days ago

        Radar ain’t gonna do shit.

        Also, the places there, putting the radar, no one lives there. It’s just resources.

        • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world
          7·
          2 days ago

          This goes to show how many Canadians don’t know the Russians have been testing our northern borders for decades. Part of Trump’s plan in threatening our country and laying down tariffs is to help destabilize us for the Russians. Our joint efforts have protected the north out of mutual concern, but since America can no longer be trusted - we need to build our own defences, fast.