How 'Green' is Canada's Arctic Policy? The Role of the Environment and Environmental Security in the Arctic.

The article discusses the environmental soundness of the Canadian government's policy toward the Arctic as of 2012. The article examines the aspects of sovereignty and security of the Canadian Arctic policy and attempts to show that the Canadian government based its policy positions on traditional and conservationist understandings. The article states that policies that address environmental security are usually initiated by Canadian bureaucracies and are difficult to separate from the discourse of traditional security. The article discusses the public perception of climate change and government policy as well as the stances of several Canadian political parties on the subject.