A Chilly Reception.

The article reports on the review of the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative (CARI) by the 13-member panel that has been assembled by the Council of Canadian Academies, led by former United Nations under-secretary general Elizabeth Dowdeswell. The move is indicated as part of the effort to elaborate the aim of the research to assert sovereignty and promote economic development in the region. The panel has required the government to have an idea of what it needs to be achieved.