OTTAWA — If war ever comes to Canada, it could appear as an enemy missile soaring over the vast Arctic.
One nightmare scenario goes like this. Russia, emboldened from its assault on Ukraine and intent on recovering more of its lost Soviet sphere, invades the Baltics. Allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) hold true to their vows of collective defence, and some 2,000 Canadian soldiers — stationed today as a deterrence force in Latvia — find themselves on the front line of a new great power conflict.
I do not think Canada is taken seriously as the steward of its own Arctic.
