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Countries often oversubsidize homesteaders at the edges of their territory for strategic protection of that territory. If another country wants to encroach on l

• sandworm101 8y ago
  Indeed. That is basically what canada does with the north. The touchy subject is determining where and if such frontiers exist. And, should they become popular, whether such support should be extended to subsidizing a tourist industry. BC has gone so far as to demolish some remote ghost towns (mining towns) because we don't want them to become tourist destinations. If you have the time, there are some great youtube vids of Kitsault BC, the famous 1980s ghost town in BC.
  • frosted-flakes 8y ago
    I'm not sure why this is being downvoted, because it's true. In the '60s or '70s, the Canadian government actually forced a large group of native people to move from their native lands in Nunavik (northern Quebec) to the far north, where nobody or nothing lived, except seals and fish. I believe this was so that the Canada could claim that they had sovereignty over the Arctic because people lived there, unlike Antarctica. Imagine being dumped on a frozen wasteland thousands of km from civilisation with a few supplies and being told to deal with it, with no recourse. Many people died.