Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Canada Winnipeg free press saturday August 12, 2006 opening up Northwest passage around ice experts doubt military warning by Peter of Neil o Ottawa ? prime minister Stephen Harper visits Iqaluit Nunavut today to assert the fed eral governments Canadian Arctic sovereignty claim As newly released military documents say global warm ing could open up the Northwest Pas Sage to summertime commercial traffic As Early As 2015. The defence departments position which clashes with official environment Canada projections was included in briefing notes on the Canadian military a expansion plans. The Harper government has promised to create highly Mobile rapid reaction battalions ribs based in British Columbia Northern Quebec newfound land and Labrador and Ontario. It has also vowed to construct armed ice Breakers and establish a deep water port near Iqaluit at the passages East Ern Entrance. The effects of climate change Are expected to open up Canadas Arctic Waters to viable summertime Commer Cial Marine traffic by As Early As 2015,? states the feb. 21, 2006, briefing note on the rrb initiative prepared for vice Admiral Ron Buck then the vice chief of defence staff. These developments reinforce the need for Canada to Monitor and control events in its Sovereign territory through new capabilities funding and new successive Federal governments have claimed the Northwest passage the Usu ally treacherous shipping route that links Baffin Bay to the Bering Strait As Canadian internal Waters. Key objectives one of Canadas key objectives is to regulate future shipping through the passage and enforce the Arctic Waters pollution prevention act in Hopes of avoiding ecological disasters such As a Tanker spill. But the european Union and especially the United states argue the passage which offers a route 7,000 Kilometres Shorter than the Europe to Asia voyage through the Panama canal is an inter National transit waterway. The Canadian military a warning How Ever in to supported by the Federal government a own ice experts. The Best guess we be been saying is that we think the Northwest passage will become accessible for summertime shipping on a fairly certain basis towards the end of this Century. The 2070-2080-2090 time Frame said John Falkingham chief of forecast operations at the Canadian ice service a division of environment Canada. Projections based on various models from scientific groups around the world Range from As Early As 2030 to As late As the Early 22nd Century he added. Greg Flato who Heads environment Canadas Victoria based Canadian Cen tre for climate modelling and analysis said Falkingham a late-21st-Century Sce Nario is backed by his own studies As Well As International research. Its consistent with the current suite of global climate models Flato said. Falkingham acknowledged that scientific views Are changing due to the startling decline in sea ice especially this summer and would to Challenge the Mil itary a projection since anything can he also noted that the definition of this is what 5 yr./100,000 pm 0% family pricing Means apr powertrain warranty on to you up to 60 mos. All new. Leather Auto loaded St. #18054 St. #18060 2006 focus zx5 2006 fusion be Srp $24,929msrp $24,249 family $19,748family $22,216 you save $5,181you save $2,033 $0 Down $299/mo.$0 Down $299/mo. $2000 Down $2000 Down $249/mo. $249/mo. Freight and Phi always included freight and Phi always included 3636 Portage ave. W. 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Agent Orange payments Fredericton ? veterans affairs minister Greg Thompson says the fed eral government is committed to compensating people whose health was harmed by herbicides at Canadian forces base Gagetown despite new reports that have downplayed the health risks. Thompson said yesterday the Federal government understands there May not be enough hard data to make scientific decisions about events that happened As Long As 50 years ago. But he said that a where compassion and fairness will become part of the equation. The whole Story will not come out on the testing simply because it happened so Many years ago Thompson said in an interview. . Linked to sex traffic Vancouver ? . Authorities on thursday arrested and charged nine people alleged to be behind a Seattle based International sex trafficking ring that involved among other crimes smuggling asian women Over the Border from British Columbia. 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