Arctic sovereignty: Another threat runs silent and deep

Michael Byers, Globe and Mail, March 5, 2009

Russian bombers in international airspace are mostly a distraction. A greater threat to Canadian sovereignty runs silent and deep, in the form of a U.S. submarine that might sail the Northwest Passage this week. ...

For the full text, see: Arctic sovereignty: Another threat

For the LA Times report, see: Arctic bound submarine

For a follow-up CBC story, see: Canada-US

Comments

[David Vogt]

Interesting dilemma - do we retain our claim to sovereignty by feigning ignorance over what goes on in our supposed internal waters, or do we demonstrate our lack of control over those waters by protesting futilely?

Would the Americans really agree (in the future) to something along the lines of what Collenette claimed existed in 1995?