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The time to act for the Arctic is now!<\/em><\/p>\n

Iqaluit, NU, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As CEO of Canada\u2019s largest Inuit-owned private employer, I was very disappointed with Minister Anand\u2019s speech today<\/a>.\u00a0 It offered no concrete steps to strengthen Canada\u2019s Arctic, despite the Prime Minister\u2019s commitment nearly a year ago to invest in more heavy icebreakers and dual-use Arctic infrastructure.\u00a0 The disconnect between words and action in the Canadian Arctic is a pattern that goes back decades.\u00a0 With new threats to Greenland and our own Archipelago, the time for action is now.<\/p>\n

I worry the disconnect comes from a deep misunderstanding in Ottawa of Canada\u2019s opportunity in the North.\u00a0 I read with sadness last weekend an interview where the commander of the Navy dismissed the need for Arctic ports and described winter in Canada\u2019s Arctic as \u2018cold, dark and miserable\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, Inuit Nunangat, year-round, is beautiful, innovative, and it\u2019s my home – along with 50,000 other Canadians who are Inuit and whose very presence is the foundation of Canada\u2019s claim to sovereignty in the Arctic.\u00a0 \u00a0I am from Grise Fjord, our most northern community.\u00a0 My family was relocated there by Canada to assert sovereignty, so it is deeply personal to be told by a senior government leader that my home is miserable.\u00a0 The good news is we know how to build solutions to live, work and prosper here.<\/p>\n

Contrary to what the Navy commander stated, and as we see in Russia, Arctic ports can operate year-round.\u00a0 That\u2019s why the Prime Minister committed to them in his Budget.\u00a0 Qikiqtarjuaq Port has far better conditions than Iqaluit and, with dedicated heavy<\/i> icebreaker support, would be a year-round dual-use asset.\u00a0Inuit can start construction on Qik port this June and open it in early 2028.\u00a0 Further delay puts those timelines at severe risk for what should be the first of many Inuit-led projects to strengthen Canada\u2019s sovereignty over the Northwest Passage.<\/p>\n

Canada has only one heavy icebreaker across the entire Arctic in 2026.\u00a0 However, reinforcements are coming from the National Shipbuilding Strategy, and Inuit have secured additional heavy icebreakers that can be leased from European NATO allies immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week, the Prime Minister committed to NATO that Canada will accelerate investments in the Arctic.\u00a0 Enough talk, Inuit are ready \u2013 let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n

Harry Flaherty is President & CEO of the Qikiqtaaluk Corporation & Group of Companies advancing economic development and building capacity for Qikiqtani Inuit.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n

CONTACT: Jen Hayward\r\nQAEDC\r\n867-222-1575\r\njen@outcrop.com\r\n<\/pre>\n
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