Why Canada Is Russia’s Biggest Threat

anyone who thinks Canada doesn't have ownership of this passage is brain dead. this is our territory and other countries should respect that.

it runs directly through our country to say its not Canadian is a complete joke and disrespect of our Sovern territory

It's cute that other countries try to dispute a passage that goes directly through hundreds of miles of Canadas territory

100% Canadian waters. No land locked countries affected.

It's Canadian internal waters. There are no countries that would lose access to the ocean. Most countries couldn't even access it until recently. It's a ridiculous argument that can hopefully be settled with an international regulating agency.

The North West Passage is clearly Canadian. It literally goes through the Canadian archipelago, which is considered internal waters by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

I don't understand why people think it's debatable whether or not the path goes through Canadian waters. It clearly goes through the country. There's no denying that. And if the passage opens up as a trade route, it would come with a lot of problems as well as benefits. Bottom line is, this is clearly Canada's waterway, and it is up to Canada to decide what they want to do with it. It's like saying the Mississippi River is international waters. Doesn't make any sense.

I dont even know how people are questioning if this is canadian though. Its like claiming that yellowstone is international property

My brother was a member of the Coast Guard,in Canada. He spent most of his time patrolling the Artic and when he retired he had the most Artic sentiment in the service. Artic is Canada's property

I'm an American. However, I have heard of the Canadian claim on the North Maritime Passage,and from what I can remember, it's been internationally agreed upon for decades that any glaciated waterway which opened up within the artic circle which opened up to shipping would be under the primary control of the Canadian Maritime Authority, with United States Navy & Space Force immediate assistance

In recent years the Royal Canadian Navy has commissioned and constructed 4 new naval bases in the arctic circle

I think charging fees to go through the North West Passage should happen. With the fees, Canada could use the money to build the infrastructure needed for rescue squads, the environment, etc. It's Canada's territory.

It gets confusing because Putin said "we want Nunnavut" And Trudeau said "you can have none of it"

Major difference between the Danish/Danube and Canadian NWP is the NWP isn’t necessary for a country to access the sea. It’s a shortcut through Canadian territory.

I worked seven years in the Canadian Arctic, seen 160km/hr winds that last a week, seen -60 winter, seen the first ice free NW Passage when the west and east bound supply ships from Vancouver and Montreal meet up, ice breaker with them but no ice to break in 2007. But that only happens for a very short time in late summer early fall, during the depths of winter no ice breaker in the world can pass this route, at least not yet. This whole video never clearly spells this out - the passage is only such for a short window of time. In the future the window may open longer - likely it will since changes in the Arctic are like 10x more than what you see at mid latitudes in the world, and we see plenty of mid latitude change so you know what I mean here. When they talk in the video about 2050-2060 they are extrapolating that the ice-free window will become long enough that the NWP becomes an important navigational trade route by that time due to less and less ice year over year.

If the US thinks they dictate rights in the NWP then perhaps China should claim US intercoastal routes.

Its within Canada's maritime sea bounds, therefore it is already Canadian

The North West Passage clearly belongs to Canada, and as US citizens, it is to our benefit to cooperate with Canada to establish speed bumps against Russia and China.

Ridiculous theory, why would Russia need access through Canadian waters to access the pacific when they already have it by rail and ports on the pacific side of Russia, let alone that Canada doesn't have the Ice breakers to keep those waters open in winter.

I think the 1st option (NW passage belonging to Canada) is the best option for both the U.S. and Canada. It protects Canada's sovereignty and keeps Russia and China from asserting false claims to this shipping route. We all know China and Russia have sketchy safety and environmental standards so this would also allow Canada to enforce safety standards on all vessels passing through the NW passage. Canada is the only country that would suffer from an oil spill or any other mishap in this region. Canada and the U.S. should form a agreement to protect and enforce the sovereignty of Canada's claim to this shipping route.