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May 27, 2011

Stephen Harper's $3 Billion Arctic Illusion

Colin Kenny, Toronto Star

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What shouldn't be forgotten is that the Prime Minister has said he wants to spend more than $3 billion on a dubious scheme to defend the Canadian Arctic - a scheme that makes even less sense if his government isn't really worried about a military threat up there.

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TAGGED: WikiLeaks, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Circle, Stephen Harper, Canada

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