capability to deal with new-year ice of up
to one meter, will be able to increase the
federal government's presence as well as
improve its situational awareness in the
Arctic during the active shipping season.
They will vastly increase the capability of
the government to deal with search and
rescue, scientific research and support to
other federal government departments in
the Arctic. They will provide outstanding
platforms to manage a crisis in their arctic
area of operation.
Canada is looking at acquiring three ice-
breakers and converting them for their ice-
breaking needs, which will improve the Ca-
nadian Coast Guard's ability to maintain its
presence in the Arctic Archipelago. The red
and white ships with the large maple leaf on
their sides are the most visible federal pres-
ence from a sovereignty point of view up to
now. The Canadian Coast Guard has also
established a number of Canadian Coast
Guard Auxiliary stations in the Arctic which
will improve Canada's ability to do marine
search and rescue as committed under the
Arctic Council's Agreement on Coopera-
tion on Aeronautical and Maritime Search
and Rescue in the Arctic. The Inuvik Cana-
dian Coast Guard Auxiliary is receiving two
search and rescue Sea-Doos.
Under the Ocean Protection Plan, the
federal government will be seen to be
better governing the Arctic Ocean in line
with its sovereign responsibility. Transport
Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard are
developing a series of shipping corridors
through the Arctic. Such corridors, if made
compulsory, would minimize the risks to
marine life and the Inuit communities.
They would also allow the concentration of
limited resources, such as mapping of the
seabed for safer navigation, in this vast area.
In April 2016, the Pew Charitable Trusts
produced a report titled "The Integrated
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Canadian Arctic Shipping Traffic Intersects Many Inuit-Use Areas
Shipping patterns and identified Inuit areas of importance, 2014
Sources: exactAIS Archive, Satellite AIS Data—Arctic, http://www.exactearth.com; Nunavut Planning Commission, 2014 Draft Nunavut Land
Use Plan (DNLUP) Spatial Data, http://www.nunavut.ca/en/downloads; Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) Community Conservation Plan,
http://jointsecretariat.ca/resources; Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, accessed Sept. 4, 2015, http://www.
marineregions.org
© 2016 The Pew Charitable Trusts
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