Canada "too small" to develop Northwest Passage shipping, diplomat says

[Josquius]

the article tells you why its too small. its north is empty, russia`s isnt

However, Byers said, opening up to transpolar shipping raises some difficult questions on how Canada will protect against oil spills or criminal activity — while its sovereignty over the waterway is still a matter of dispute.

hmmm...

[Neil]

The Americans have tried to get the NW passage through Canada made into an international strait for years now.  It's not really a big deal, as the US isn't willing to fight a war on the North American continent.

[Admiral Yi]

We tremble at the thought of Canadian submarines sinking in our shipping lanes.

[Razgovory]

We tremble at the thought of Canadian submarines sinking in our shipping lanes.

Did the Canadians borrow submarine designs from the Poles?

[Grey Fox]

We tremble at the thought of Canadian submarines sinking in our shipping lanes.

Did the Canadians borrow submarine designs from the Poles?

We usually just buy second hand British sub. Where do British sub come from?

[Razgovory]

This reminds about this really enterprising U-boat crew in WWII.  They docked in Colombia and then disassembled their ship, carried into Panama and reassembled it in the canal zone.  They sunk hundreds of American ships till the US Navy took wise.  They were only sunk some time in 1953.

[Neil]

This reminds about this really enterprising U-boat crew in WWII.  They docked in Colombia and then disassembled their ship, carried into Panama and reassembled it in the canal zone.  They sunk hundreds of American ships till the US Navy took wise.  They were only sunk some time in 1953.

That doesn't sound like something that actually happened.

[Viking]

This reminds about this really enterprising U-boat crew in WWII.  They docked in Colombia and then disassembled their ship, carried into Panama and reassembled it in the canal zone.  They sunk hundreds of American ships till the US Navy took wise.  They were only sunk some time in 1953.

That doesn't sound like something that actually happened.

The crew was so enterprising they not only managed to transcend the boundary between the Atlantic and the Pacific, but the boundary between reality and fiction as well...

[Razgovory]

This reminds about this really enterprising U-boat crew in WWII.  They docked in Colombia and then disassembled their ship, carried into Panama and reassembled it in the canal zone.  They sunk hundreds of American ships till the US Navy took wise.  They were only sunk some time in 1953.

That doesn't sound like something that actually happened.

No, probably not, but I don't actually know for sure it didn't.

[sbr]

 

[Ed Anger]

This reminds about this really enterprising U-boat crew in WWII.  They docked in Colombia and then disassembled their ship, carried into Panama and reassembled it in the canal zone.  They sunk hundreds of American ships till the US Navy took wise.  They were only sunk some time in 1953.

Cool story, bro.

[viper37]

We tremble at the thought of Canadian submarines sinking in our shipping lanes.

afaik, we don't have any working submarine anymore.  All 4 subs bought from the British have problems.  3 of them are out of commission for a while, one cannot go as deep as it should because of rust.

[Razgovory]

We tremble at the thought of Canadian submarines sinking in our shipping lanes.

afaik, we don't have any working submarine anymore.  All 4 subs bought from the British have problems.  3 of them are out of commission for a while, one cannot go as deep as it should because of rust.

They don't really have to work for them to sink in our sea lanes.

[The Minsky Moment]

I think the infrastructure required might be a fleet of 10-20 heavy ice breakers along with 10-20 safe harbours capable of supplying and repairing the same ice breakers as well as sheltering any ships that might seek to make the passage.

Then the Canadians are being sensible; it is premature to make that kind of investment.

[crazy canuck]

There is going to be a lot more of this kind of rhetoric flying around as the North West Passage becomes more viable - assuming current climate models remain accurate.