Canada Ping!
Posted on 12/10/2013 3:41:00 PM PST by Star Traveler
TORONTO (AP) — Canada plans to make a claim to the North Pole in an effort to assert its sovereignty in the resource-rich Arctic, the country's foreign affairs minister said Monday.
John Baird said the government has asked scientists to work on a future submission to the United Nations claiming that the outer limits of the country's continental shelf include the pole, which so far has been claimed by no one.
Canada last week applied to extend its seabed claims in the Atlantic Ocean, including some preliminary Arctic claims, but it wants more time to prepare a claim that would include the pole.
Asserting Canada's rights in the Arctic has been a popular domestic issue for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, though at least one expert on the issue described the planned claim as a long shot.
"We are determined to ensure that all Canadians benefit from the tremendous resources that are to be found in Canada's far north," Baird said.
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Santa is not amused.
The laws of the sea rule and since there is no dry land, no one can claim it.
It sounds like they’ve got that covered ...
“Under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, exclusive claims can be vastly expanded for Arctic nations that prove that their part of the continental shelf extends beyond that zone.”
“Ho Ho Ho, eh?”
My Canadian wife has insisted that Santa is Canadian all along. Want proof? His postal code is H0H0H0.
Ooops ... copyright problems ...
Hmm, I got it fine, might depend on the IP address.
I guess Santa's something for nothing" policy finally got to Stephen Harper ...
I’ve got Cox Cable, which show up an IP address in Tulsa, OK. here’s what it says ...
“This video contains content from Kobalt Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and UMG, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”
It’s odd that it says there is a copyright problem - but I think I see what the problem is. That particular item requires Adobe Flash and Adobe Flash has been banned from the Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod).
And they banned it for good reason because it’s a security risk and it has a lot of problem with it. But I think Adobe Flash has some encryption in it to prevent people from copying things - so since Adobe Flash is not used on this platform - it comes back with a “copyright problem”. And that makes sense that if they didn’t provide it for other platforms because they thought it would be copied on other platforms.
And his name is spelled: S-A-N-T-Eh?
Canada ping.
Can you blame Canada? They own all those islands up north going to the North Pole anyway.
'Beer nog' -- living in Alberta for 22 years, I have not heard the phrase 'Brewer's Retail' in decades! Enjoy (or just tolerate), EH!
Canada Ping!
Let’s nuke ‘em!
Is Canada going to invest in building up their naval power to sufficient level to actually keep what they claim?
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