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Turning down Russia I can (sort of?) understand. The last conservative government was keen on playing hardball with the Kremlin over Arctic sovereignty - seems
by increment_i 10y ago
Turning down Russia I can (sort of?) understand. The last conservative government was keen on playing hardball with the Kremlin over Arctic sovereignty - seems there's no reason to back off that stance now.
Turning down American help was strange though. I'd like an explanation for that..
- Shivetya 10y agoCanada and Russia recently got into a pissing match over another Russia space craft coming down near. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-says-it-didnt-get-enough-warning-about-a-russian-rocket-stage-that-will-splash-down-in-arctic http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-says-it-didn...
- notatoad 10y agoNot only did they turn down american help, they haven't even called on the Canadian military yet - apart from a few aerial imaging assets, they're still just on standby. It's pretty silly to call on external firefighting assets when we still haven't expended our domestic resources yet. Apart from Fort McMurray (which is now pretty safe) it's a mostly unpopulated area, and fire is a great natural renewal process in a boreal forest. Letting it burn for a while longer and just trying to keep guiding it away from anything valuable with minimal resources is a valid strategy.
- The_Blackthorn 10y agoThey didn't turn down American help, there's 200 US firefighters there right now. Source - http://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=41701E7ECBE35-AD48-5793-1642C499FF0DE4CF http://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=41701E7ECBE35-AD48-579...