Canadian Ranger Gary Kalluk (foreground) fires the C9 Light Machine Gun during a live-fire range exercise in Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
How vulnerable is Canada in the North and how important is maintaining a defence of the Arctic?
What are the myths about Canada's Artic defence and how have they shaped defence policy in this country? In Wednesday's instalment of the Globe's Our Time to Lead series, we look at Canada's defence strategy in the North.
Ken Coates, co-author of Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North, and Globe reporter Josh Wingrove took your questions Wednesday on the issue of Arctic sovereignty and northern defence. (See below for a brief biography of Ken Coates.)
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Ken Coates is Dean, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Waterloo. He has an active and long-standing interest in digital media and national innovation. He has co-authored two books on aspects of the Internet revolution and scientific and technological innovation in Japan and is currently working on a book on the unfolding of the digital economy in Asia. He has spoken and written widely about the social and policy implications of digital media and Canada and has been active in the development of the Stratford Institute and the University of Waterloo@ Stratford, a unique academic-government-private sector partnership devoted to the development of Canada's digital media capabilities. Ken has worked at universities across Canada and internationally, including New Zealand, and has also contributed to national discussions about Arctic sovereignty, northern development, and Aboriginal rights in Canada.