Canada Ping!
How is Canada going to enforce their sovereignty over this territory? with a bunch of Mounties? And don't count on Big Bro USA to help - you've seen how Barry the Fairy has supported our ally Israel.
I recall reading several years ago that a Soviet Sub happened to surface near where a bunch of Canadian Rangers were hunting.
They peppered the surprised Russians with ..303 bullets until the sub decided to leave.
Hey Bath House - here’s another one coming at ya.
Canada Ping!
The Canadian Armed forces has a full time coplimenmt of less that 100,000 sevicemen and women. It canot defend the Canadian North without US help. Obama would never assist Canada in repelling a Russian initiative to annex the Canadian North. Harper knows this.
And since Putin is on a roll, Harper is worried rightly so. Most of what Harper has on the subject is CYA. But if he really wanted to do someting, he would build a large military base on the North part of Ellesmere Island. But he likely will not, he is just covering his own butt by raising the issue.
This is a short summary of events:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/russia-military-arctic-canada-north-pole
Russia is on the ball, Canada has no means by which it can secure the North of its own country.