Northern conferences
On June - 7 - 2009
Major conferences about Arctic issues should not be held in southern Canada, says one of the 200 delegates who attended the 2030 North conference in Ottawa this week.
John Amagoalik, who was instrumental in negotiating Nunavut’s land claim, said he is tired of hearing the same issues being raised at various gatherings discussing Canada’s North over the past 20 years.
“I think the first thing we should do is to stop having these big conferences in southern Canada, talking about the North,” Amagoalik told CBC News.
“Let’s go up there and actually experience the North, experience the Arctic and … invite our people to be involved in these discussions.”
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Mac Says:
Valid points. The costs involved to bring & house the politicians and bureaucrats to the north are substantial but it could easily be off-set if we left a few hundred of them up there… and I’m sure the polar bears would appreciate the easy meals…
The location of the meetings isn’t the reason the issues keep going it circles; it’s the lack of leadership which causes that.
Posted on June 7th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Jack Says:
The reason I posted this is because I’ve not heard the thought before and it makes sense. We’ll see how that goes.
Posted on June 7th, 2009 at 7:16 pm