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The government of Canada paid/pays people to live in remote northern regions. Use it or lose it. It allows Canada to claim regions that could be up for disput

by ipaddr 5y ago

The government of Canada paid/pays people to live in remote northern regions. Use it or lose it. It allows Canada to claim regions that could be up for dispute in the future. Canada and Greenland engage in events that visit remote places and leave symbols like flags to show usage and provide a historical record for the world court if it came to it.

Dylan16807 5y ago
Disputed by who? Some scattered towns aren't going to significantly impact claims by indigenous peoples, and anybody else claiming big chunks of the top half of Canada is going to get laughed out of the room.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  Those towns are filled with indigenous people and Canada pays many to be part of a para military force in case of invasion or just to provide ground level information . Hans island is in dispute between Greenland and Canada and both countries visit every year to plant a flag. Having a settlement if possible year round would make the claim stronger. The northwest passage is seeing Russian / US subs crossing without permission. Having a population creates a stronger claim for situations like this.
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    > Those towns are filled with indigenous people and Canada pays many to be part of a para military force in case of invasion or just to provide ground level information . Okay but that's not about claiming the territory. > Hans island is in dispute between Greenland and Canada and both countries visit every year to plant a flag. Having a settlement if possible year round would make the claim stronger. Okay, that's a tiny island. Far over 99% of the land is not in dispute, and doesn't need towns to stop it from being in dispute. And even there, they don't bother to have anyone live on it! I feel like this island supports the idea that these populations are disconnected from land claims. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nares_strait_border_(Kennedy_channel).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nares_strait_border_(Kenn... Also wow it super does not matter who owns this island when the strait is already split right down the middle. > The northwest passage is seeing Russian / US subs crossing without permission. Having a population creates a stronger claim for situations like this. How so? I could see how an active port could physically get in the way of sneaking through, but I don't see at all how a town gives canada a better claim for keeping those subs away.

by ipaddr 5y ago

Dylan16807 5y ago

Disputed by who? Some scattered towns aren't going to significantly impact claims by indigenous peoples, and anybody else claiming big chunks of the top half of Canada is going to get laughed out of the room.

ipaddr 5y ago
Those towns are filled with indigenous people and Canada pays many to be part of a para military force in case of invasion or just to provide ground level information . Hans island is in dispute between Greenland and Canada and both countries visit every year to plant a flag. Having a settlement if possible year round would make the claim stronger. The northwest passage is seeing Russian / US subs crossing without permission. Having a population creates a stronger claim for situations like this.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  > Those towns are filled with indigenous people and Canada pays many to be part of a para military force in case of invasion or just to provide ground level information . Okay but that's not about claiming the territory. > Hans island is in dispute between Greenland and Canada and both countries visit every year to plant a flag. Having a settlement if possible year round would make the claim stronger. Okay, that's a tiny island. Far over 99% of the land is not in dispute, and doesn't need towns to stop it from being in dispute. And even there, they don't bother to have anyone live on it! I feel like this island supports the idea that these populations are disconnected from land claims. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nares_strait_border_(Kennedy_channel).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nares_strait_border_(Kenn... Also wow it super does not matter who owns this island when the strait is already split right down the middle. > The northwest passage is seeing Russian / US subs crossing without permission. Having a population creates a stronger claim for situations like this. How so? I could see how an active port could physically get in the way of sneaking through, but I don't see at all how a town gives canada a better claim for keeping those subs away.