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“OTTAWA – As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants in the North.”

“OTTAWA - As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants in the North.”

“Carney has vowed to reduce Canada’s defense reliance on the US, particularly in its vast Arctic region and, in July, announced Canada had selected Germany’s TKMS to build up to a dozen submarines for the Canadian navy.”

“European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has proposed Canada becoming the EU’s first associate member, just as relations between Ottawa and its historic ally in Washington deteriorate.”

“…er - saying Brussels wanted ‘to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible.’ But to the surprise of diplomats from the EU’s 27 member nations, who would have to sign off the move, she gushed: ‘Dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine…”

“The leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after they met in a French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.”

“…d in a place of this size: France's geostrategic presence in the North Atlantic, at the doorstep of the United States and the Arctic, maritime sovereignty, adaptation to climate change; and cooperation with Canada," a French presidency official told…”

“As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.”

“The attack occurred shortly after former British prime minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats had used the same line.”